Rails - May 2006 - text_field_tag options

Hi all,
can someone explain to me how the options for helper text_field_tag 
supposed to be written. I really tried a bunch of stuff without success.

For example I need a field with id "query", so I write
     <%= text_field_tag :query    %>
which works fine.

But what if I want the field only 5 characters big? I tried among other
 <%= text_field_tag :query , options=>{:size=5}    %>
which doesnt work.
Any clues?

thanks,
Kleas

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Actually I just found it. Its

<%= text_field_tag :query, nil, :size => 5     %>

strangely though if I take out ",nil" it errors.

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> But what if I want the field only 5 characters big? I tried among other
>  <%= text_field_tag :query , options=>{:size=5}    %>
> which doesnt work.
> Any clues?
<%= text_field_tag :query, nil, :size => 5 %>

Regards,
Rimantas
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> <%= text_field_tag :query, nil, :size => 5     %>
There is nothing strange in that.

Syntax is text_field_tag(name, value = nil, options = {})

so it expects value as the second parameter. Until named parameters
are supported you cannot have third parameters without specifying
second .

Regards,
Rimantas
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