# Passing non-model members through remote form

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-non-model-members-through-remote-form/165462>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 14, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-non-model-members-through-remote-form/165462 "2009-04-14T06:59:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tkbeili](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tkbeili](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tkbeili)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-non-model-members-through-remote-form/165462/1 "2009-04-14T06:59:43Z")

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Hello,

I have the following remote form:

\<% remote\_form\_for :sms\_message, @the\_message,  
:loading =\> “”,  
:complete =\> “”,  
:html =\> { :method =\> :post},  
:before =\> "if (!validate\_submit\_msg\_form()) {return false;} ",  
:url =\> {:controller =\> “sms”,  
:action =\> ‘send\_the\_message’,  
:recipients\_session\_id =\> @recipientSessionID} do |f| %\>  
\<%= f.radio\_button :now\_or\_later, “now”, :onclick =\>  
“enable\_or\_disable\_date\_select(false);”, :checked =\> true %\>

\<%= f.text\_area :body, :size =\> “38x5”, :class =\> “textAreaStyle”,  
:onkeyup =\> “calculate\_msg\_char\_counter();”, :id =\>  
“the\_message\_textarea” %\>

\<% end %\>

The text area value gets passed correctly but not the radio button.  
Knowing that :body is part of :sms\_message model and :now\_or\_later is  
not?  
how can I pass non members through remote form?

Thanks,

Tam

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**Author:** ![tkbeili](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tkbeili](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tkbeili)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-non-model-members-through-remote-form/165462/2 "2009-04-14T07:42:19Z")

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I resolved the issue. It was something I was doing wrong with nesting.  
The form beginning tag was at the beginning of

 tag and the form end  
tag was after end of the table . so for some reason the  
resulting HTML had tag right before the of the same   
the form started on! I moved the form beginning tag to before the tag so it included the other fields. Thanks, Tam