# Observe\_form doesn't seem to work from inside of a table

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-form-doesnt-seem-to-work-from-inside-of-a-table/160093>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 11, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-form-doesnt-seem-to-work-from-inside-of-a-table/160093 "2009-02-11T18:43:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-form-doesnt-seem-to-work-from-inside-of-a-table/160093/1 "2009-02-11T18:43:46Z")

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If I do observe\_form as below, the ajax call never occurs, but If I  
remove the table it works fine.  
This is just a test to troubleshoot as I had narrowed down my problem  
to this, I actually wanted a form per row of the table:

\<% form\_tag({:controller =\> ‘sheet\_entry’, :action =\>  
‘pass\_input’}, :id =\> ‘frmx1’) do %\>

\<%= observe\_form(‘frmx1’, :url =\> {:action =\> ‘ajx\_form\_changed’},  
:frequency =\> 0.5)%\>

\<% end %\>

| hey \<%= text\_field\_tag 'xx', 'xxx' %\> |

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-form-doesnt-seem-to-work-from-inside-of-a-table/160093/2 "2009-02-11T19:34:54Z")

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is not allowed between and or between and . It is a major inconvenience but that is the way it is.

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