# Fields\_for in a form\_for\_remote?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fields-for-in-a-form-for-remote/131606>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 11, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fields-for-in-a-form-for-remote/131606 "2008-03-11T21:08:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![murphy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@murphy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/murphy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fields-for-in-a-form-for-remote/131606/1 "2008-03-11T21:08:15Z")

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Can you nest fields\_for in a form\_for\_remote?

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**Author:** ![murphy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@murphy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/murphy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fields-for-in-a-form-for-remote/131606/2 "2008-03-11T22:58:37Z")

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On 11 Mar 2008, at 20:08, Murphy Blatt wrote:

> Can you nest fields\_for in a form\_for\_remote?  
> Can’t think why not, given that form\_remote\_for is just a regular form  
> with the onsubmit set to some js that serializes the form and submits  
> over ajax and that fields\_for just allows you to generate some   
> tags.

Fred