I'm creating in my index page of my ruby on rails program, a list of the most commonly searched for terms in my database and hence each time a user selects a specific category this is written to another database.

What i would like it to create a hyperlink and pass a certain amount of parameters to a form like is usually done with a select\_tag but instead with just a hyperlink, i would like to pass a set of hidden fields that i have on the page as well as what the user has selected.

To give you a better idea, basically i have the following structure in my program:

User inputs a search on (`index.html.erb`), user clicks on submit tag 
action, user is taken to `search.html.erb` page and is displayed a set of refined categories + some fields, submit button, 

user is taken to `closest.html.erb` (which uses parameters from the previous form by invoking the `params[:searchSelected]` and a few other params. )

I would also like to add this functionality:
Mimick this same operation, but instead of going in the `search.html.erb`, i would click on an already refined search category on the `index.html.erb` page (from a `link_to` , transmit as parameters which link\_to the user has chosen + the hidden fields.

i Currently have this code

```
@stats.each do
|scr|%>
<%= link_to scr.category,  :action => 'closest', :id => scr.category%>

```

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but i currently have the following routes in my `routes.rb` file

```
 map.resources :stores, :collection => { :search => :get }

 map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
 map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'

```

would anyone please assist me please? this is my first ruby on rails project and i would really like to find a way around this please