Help with passing user's input to remote_function

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<%= form_tag( "http://search2.library.oregonstate.edu/record/search&quot;\) %>         <%= text_field_tag('query',value="Enter keywords",{ :size=> "35", :accesskey=> "s"}) %>           <%= hidden_field_tag('tab', value="general")%>           <%= hidden_field_tag('group', value="g5")%>         <%= submit_tag 'Go', :onclick =>remote_function(:url => {:action => :store_query, :id => @mod, :page => @page, :query => ??? } ) %>     <%= end_form_tag %>

In the remote_function call I want to pass the text_field named 'query' value as a param, so, :query => ??? How do I get the value out of the text field and into my param hash?

Everything else works, and I can put a static value in the query hash and get the functionality I am looking for. But, how to get the user's input???

Thanks in advance, K

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No - I am calling two actions - the form action to the search tool which is another RoR project and the remote function call which is an action in this project. I have it working anyways - I used :with and prototype’s $F()

The solution: :onclick =>remote_function(:url => {:action => :store_query, :id => @mod, :page => @page}, :with => “‘query=’+$F(‘query’)” )