IIS Rewriting with Query String and Question Mark IIS 7 - iis-7

Question

I have read the threads and I still can't work it out, my problem I know, but wondering if could point me in the right direction.
I have setup a rule:
www.mydomain.com/productlist.asp?CategoryID=2
rewritten to
www.mydomain.com/homeware/cushions
.
<rule name="cushions">
<match url="^homeware/cushions" />
<action type="Rewrite" url="productlist.asp?CategoryID=2" />
</rule>
ok, now my problem is with pagination of the results, so the original domain when the user goes onto the next page would look like:
www.mydomain.com/productlist.asp?CategoryID=2&Page=2
This is where I'm having problems - I want this to become:
www.mydomain.com/homeware/cushions?page=2
and ongoing for how many pages
just can't get it to work - I understand I need to use query string but really struggling. Asking for expertise, thanks for any help

Answer 1

To capture the Query String you need to use conditions for that since the match URL does not include it.
So you could do that with a rule like:
<rule name="cushions" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^homeware/cushions$" />
<conditions>
<add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="page=(\d+)" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="productlist.asp?CategoryID=2&page={C:1}" appendQueryString="false" />

Answer 2

Just add appendQueryString="true" in action will automatically append query string.
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="test">
<match url="^homeware/cushions" />
<action type="Rewrite" url="/test/test.cfm?category=5" appendQueryString="true" />
<conditions>
</conditions>
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
http://localhost:8081/homeware/cushions?page=2
You will receive page in URL variable with value 2.