Topic: Redirecting long pathnames in .htaccess

[kurgan]

We are currently using apache with redhat and I have been setting up redirects using .htaccess for a couple of years but have recently come up with a scenario I'm having trouble with. A partiular redirect was originally setup using:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.blahblah\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^scott$ http://www.yadayadayada.com/abc/af/nl/abc/core/misc/learn/micrositePage.do?NAME=scott-form&micrositeName=scott-2012&footer=no&topBanner=no [L,R,NE,NC]

It was later changed to the following when the page was changed:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.blahblah\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^scott$ http://www.yadayadayada.com/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/nav/page.do?NAME=contest-has-ended&micrositeName=contest-has-ended [L,R,NE,NC]


Now I have been asked to setup a 301 redirect pointing the original redirect URL(http://www.yadayadayada.com/abc/af/nl/abc/core/misc/learn/micrositePage.do?NAME=scott-form&micrositeName=scott-2012&footer=no&topBanner=no) to the current redirect URL (http://www.yadayadayada.com/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/nav/page.do?NAME=contest-has-ended&micrositeName=contest-has-ended). Is it even possible to redirect such lengthy paths? If so, how would I go about this? Thanks!

[James Blond]