# Multiple form\_tag on page **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 22, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-form-tag-on-page/126765 "2008-01-22T00:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![toshach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@toshach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toshach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-form-tag-on-page/126765/1 "2008-01-22T00:49:58Z")

Hi… new to the whole Rails thing so this may sound aweful strange but I cannot find any documentation supporting or correcting what I am trying to do… I would like to have 2 separate form\_tag’s displayed on a single page. They both have varying function so my thinking is 2 separate form\_tag’s (am I wrong). My problem is when the page renders it only renders 1 form but housing the varu=ious components of each form\_tag (eg. input boxes, submit button etc). There are 2 submit buttons for each of the functions Im wanting to perfom but because they are caught up under the one form\_tag, it doesnt matter which one I press, only the one action is ever performed… As mentioned, very new so not sure what I should be doing… \<%= form\_tag(:controller =\> ‘public’, :action =\> ‘send\_login’) %\> \<%= error\_messages\_for ‘user’ %\> | user name : | \<%= text\_field(:user, :username) %\> | | password : | \<%= password\_field(:user, :password) %\> | | | \<%= submit\_tag(‘Login’) %\> | \<%= link\_to(‘new venue’, :controller =\> ‘venue’, :action =\> ‘new’) %\> | \<%= form\_tag %\> ```

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<%= form_tag('send_feedback', :controller => 'public', :action => ``` ‘send\_fedback’) %\> \<%= error\_messages\_for ‘temp’ %\> | venue code : | \<%= text\_field(:comments, :restaurant\_id) %\> | | | \<%= submit\_tag(‘Feedback’) %\> | \<%= form\_tag %\> ---

**Author:** ![toshach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@toshach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toshach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-form-tag-on-page/126765/2 "2008-01-22T01:24:28Z")

I should have added… Using Rails 2.0.2. I know this works with previous versions with the start\_form\_tag and end\_form\_tag as I have seen code that does this. However, with 2.0+, this seems to have gone the way of the dodo and I cannot figure out a way of doing it… And clearly these form\_tag’s are NOT nested as I know HTML does not support this. My gut feel is this should be something simple and I am just missing something very basic… ---

**Author:** ![toshach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@toshach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toshach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-form-tag-on-page/126765/3 "2008-01-22T01:44:56Z")

2 things: 1. You need to ‘end’ the form\_tag. 2. Blocks (that is, when there’s a ‘do’ and an ‘end’) no longer have “=” in the Erb tags. In other words: \<% form\_tag do %\> … \<% end %\> Always check out [http://api.rubyonrails.com](http://api.rubyonrails.com) and search for the method you’re having trouble with ---

**Author:** ![toshach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@toshach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/toshach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-form-tag-on-page/126765/4 "2008-01-22T03:28:26Z")

Ahh - that was so simple - thank you very much… I did look through the api documentation but admittedly was manically skimming it instead of taking it in and must have overlooked that pesky little ‘=’ sign On Jan 22, 11:44 am, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”