Insert html form tag inside another form tag

Hi all, this is my issue. I have a xhtml page structured as following:
<h:form id="mainForm">
....... some stuff........
<form id="fileForm" action="myServlet" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" onchange="fileForm.submit()" />
</form>
</h:form>
When uploading a file, I wanna submit only 'fileForm'. But "fileForm.submit()" doesn't work because fileFom is null. Looking at the page source, I realized that only one form is seen client-side (the mainForm):
<form id="mainForm">
....... some stuff........
<input type="file" onchange="fileForm.submit()" />
</form>
Any idea on how to implement it?
Thanks in advance...

I think so too.
I tried creating a custom fileUploader component but, as expected, it didn't work.
Here http://balusc.blogspot.com/2009/12/uploading-files-with-jsf-20-and-servlet.html they create a completely custom renderer which would solve my issue but it works only with j2ee6 and for company reason I must use j2ee5.
I think I have to refactor the page and figure out a new approach.
Thanks for your reply.

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