Need .htaccess rewrite rule after site update changed database url - .htaccess

I recently updates some software on my site and the urls to reference the database have changed. I need to create a rewrite rule to forward the old database links to their new url. I've tried for quite awhile with no luck and decided that after my last attempt at a rule completely errored out the entire site I would come ask for some help.
The trialing "X" below is a variable.
Old url:
http://www.mysite.com/downloads/index.php?do=listings&catid=X
needs to be forward to new url:
http://www.mysite.com/downloads/index.php?categoryid=X
Thanks.

Try adding this to the htaccess file in your document root:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^do=listing&catid=(.*)$
RewriteRule ^/?downloads/(index\.php)?$ /downloads/index.php?categoryid=%1 [L,R=301]
Or, if you need to put it in the downloads directory:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /downloads/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^do=listing&catid=(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(index\.php)?$ index.php?categoryid=%1 [L,R=301]

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I know this is an old post, but it has never been successfully answered. So for all of you finding this via search, this should do what the OP is asking.
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redirect permanent /addondomainsubdir/ http://www.addondomain.com
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This is not possible since the old links where not physical but stored in a database, so redirecting them wouldn't be possible without passing through the database again.

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