Passing hash as values in hidden_field_tag

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I am trying to pass some filters in my params through a form like so:

hidden_field_tag "filters", params[:filters]

For some reason the params get changed in the next page. For example, if params[:filters] used to be...

"filters"=>{"name_like_any"=>["apple"]} [1]

...it gets changed to...

"filters"=>"{\"name_like_any\"=>[\"apple\"]}" [2]

note the extra quotations and backslashes in [2] when compared to [1].

Any ideas? I'm attempting to use this with searchlogic for some filtering, but I need it to persist when I change change objects in forms. I would prefer not to have to store it in session.

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