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Hi. Can anyone help with this? In a view, I have a text_field_tag( :mytextfield ). I would like to pass the current value of that text_field_tag to a periodically_call_remote - something like periodically_call_remote( :url => { :action => :do_it, :thetextval => :mytextfield.value } ) - Any idea how can I pass and/or access the value of the text_field_tag in my do_it controller? Obviously the :thetextval => :mytextfield.value does not work. I checked the :params on the do_it controller but :mytextfield is not in there. However, I can easi...