redirect user to current page with some querystring using javascript

Question

When a person clicks on a link, I want to do this:

1. grab the text from a textbox
2. encode the text
3. redirect to currentpage.aspx?search=textboxva

Answer 1

 $(document).ready(function(){
     $('a').click(function(e){

         window.location = "?search=" + encodeURIComponent($("#someId").val());

         //this line of code is intended for older ie and might work,
         //because I don't remember it exactly
        e.stopPropagation();

         return false;
     });                                                                   

});