link_to with jquery params in rails

Question

I want to make an in-place search in my rails app.
I used button_to_remote with prototype, but now I\'m using JQuery, so I changed to link_to.
This is my code:

Answer 1

This isn't exactly a direct answer to your question, but have you looked into jrails? It allows you to use the same prototype javascript helpers that you were using before you switched over to jquery. It made my transition from prototype to jquery much easier.