http://domain.com/artist.php?go=bio&newsid=104 Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule artist(.*)-(.*)\.htm$ /artist.php?go=$1&newsid=$2 Code (markup): gives me: http://domain.com/artistbio-104.htm Im trying to replace 104 with a the bandname from mysql.. or even better get: http://domain.com/artist/bandname.htm (or without the htm) mysql id |title |category 104 | Bandname | Artist any advise. thanks S.