Rails - Jun 2006 - Include JavaScript variable in <%= remote_function %> call?

How can I do this? For instance, something like:

<script ...>
function check_duplicate(name) {
   <%= remote_function :url => {:action =>
''check_duplicate'', :name
=> name } %>
}
</script>

Obviously the above is just a dummy mockup. I have much more complex  
(and complete) sections of code that need to accomplish a task like  
this. Anyone know of a way to accomplish this task?

Thanks,

Jeremy