Thread: 301 Redirect to Entity ID Only

Has anybody run into issues doing 301 redirects as follows:

A typical aspdnsf url might look this:
p-123-myproduct.aspx

But if p-123.aspx is entered as the url it will resolve to the full url containing the product name i.e. p-123-myproduct.aspx

Is it safe to do a 301 redirect from an old site using just the id (and leave out the product name) i.e. redirect to:
p-123.aspx
or
showproduct.aspx?ProductID=123

Does anyone know if this might have SEO or Google Analytics implications?

Thanks!

It appears that this could cause Google to index both urls which is bad e.g.

showproduct.aspx?ProductID=123
p-123-myproduct.aspx

It's recommended to 301 only to the final url e.g.
p-123-myproduct.aspx

FYI it might be possible to do something with Canonical URL tags instead to solve this issue.