Rails - Feb 2006 - Form linking question

Hello all.

I currently have a method that is accessed from a form using this:

View:
<%= start_form_tag :action => :history %>
<p><label for="componentlog_cl_compname">Component
Name</label><br />
<%= text_field ''componentlog'',
''cl_compname'', :class => ''mandatory'',
:value => "#{session[:criteria]}" || nil %></p>
  <%= submit_tag "Search", :class => "button" %>
<%= end_form_tag %>

controller:
    unless request.post?
      render :action => ''search''
    else
      value = params[:componentlog][:cl_compname].strip
      etc etc etc
    end

Now this works fine and if possible I wouldn''t want to change it. Now 
lets say that I want to link to this form using a link_to with a POST 
type to trigger the post event. Something along the lines of

<%= link_to "#{componentlog.cl_compname}", { :action =>
"history",
[componentlog][:cl_compname] => componentlog.cl_compname}, :post => true 
%>

Trying the above results in a "Symbol as array index" error. How to I 
construct the link_to statement so that it doesn''t fall over.

It wouldn''t suprise me if I found out I am doing everything in a less 
than pefect way but hey, that is what first projects are for ;)

Many thanks.

Jeff

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> Trying the above results in a "Symbol as array index" error. How
to I
> construct the link_to statement so that it doesn''t fall over.
> 
> It wouldn''t suprise me if I found out I am doing everything in a
less
> than pefect way but hey, that is what first projects are for ;)
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Jeff
It is at this point I learn about "_tags" from another post and
shuffle
back into the shadows in a very embarrassed fashion

Jeff

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