I have this inside of a template where I have a remote form with the form fields inside of a table: <div id='ingredients_div'> <%= render :partial => 'ingredients', :locals => {:attr => attr} %> </div>
my "_ingredients.html.erb" template is like so:
You have not shown us how the form itself is fitted into or around the table. A form cannot lie inside a table unless it is entirely within one cell. A table can lie entirely within a form.
If you are not sure whether you have valid html copy the entire page source (View > Page Source or similar in your browser) and paste it into the w3c html validator. Once you have valid html then try the remote stuff again.
Colin