Simple search form passing the searched string through GET

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Published on 2010-06-15T14:11:45Z Indexed on 2010/06/15 14:12 UTC
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Hi,

I'd like my Search form to return the following url after submit:

/anuncios/buscar/the_text_I_searched

My form is the following:

<% form_for :announcement, :url => search_path(:txtSearch) do |f| %>
<div class="searchBox" id="basic">
  <%= text_field_tag :txtSearch, params[:str_search].blank? ? "Busc&aacute; tu curso r&aacute;pido y f&aacute;cil." : params[:str_search], :maxlength=> 100, :class => "basicSearch_inputField", :onfocus => "if (this.value=='Busc&aacute; tu curso r&aacute;pido y f&aacute;cil.') this.value=''", :onblur => "if(this.value=='') { this.value='Busc&aacute; tu curso r&aacute;pido y f&aacute;cil.'; return false; }" %>
  <div class="basicSearch_button">
    <input type="submit" value="BUSCAR" class="basicSearch_buttonButton" />
    <br /><a href="#" onclick="javascript:jQuery('#advance').modal({opacity:60});">Busqueda avanzada</a>
  </div>
</div>
<% end %>

My routes' line for search_path is this:

map.search '/anuncios/buscar/:str_search', :controller => 'announcements', :action => 'search'

Well, this will work if I manually type the url I want in the brower, but definitely, if you look at the form's url, you'll find a ":txtSearch" parameter, which is not giving me the actual value of the text field when the form is submitted. And that's what I'd like to get!

Could anybody help me on this?

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