Hi people i have a very strange problem. I am using a lifesearch function which you can place some text in. Only When i get the Post in the Controller the variable gives me this placedtext= ... The equal sign gets placed at the end of the variable.(FFS) This is My Livesearch code which is placed in the view. <h1>Search:</h1> <%= text_field_tag :searchtext %> <%= observe_field(:searchtext, :frequency => 4.0, :update => :search_hits, :loading => " Element.show('spinner')", :complete => "Element.hide('spinner')" , :url => { :controller => "domain", :action => "domain_search" }) %> <div id="search_hits"></div> This is the code that gets the post variable so i can do stuff with it. @entered_text= request.raw_post || request.query_string (actually both give the same result) When i do puts @entered_text ic for example nerd4life.nl= instead of just nerd4life.nl Gsub did not work an split functions also do not remove the = sign...... :'( I used this function before and stupid enough it did not do it like that(and i am sure it aint the drugs that i have been taking to ease the pain ). The only difference is i work on a Imac instead of Windows XP but i guess thats not the problem aswel...... Hope someone can help me out, or i have to go back to a sumbit button again. Greets Vincent -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.