JSF :: Passing Values Between Views In Database

How to pass the value of a field in a database from one view to another. I currently have a list of members drawn from a database.

The members view is a list of members. From the list the user clicks view button to view a particular member. This is achieved by using a inputHidden tag with the value of the list of members in a data table.

<h:dataTable value="#{controllerBean.listAllMembers()}" var="mem">
<h:form id="inputForm">
<h:inputHidden id="idToken" value="#{mem.id}" />

in the RequestScoped bean I am able to use FacesContext to extract the value of idToken from the requestParameters and create the view for the particular member.

One field in the member view I would like to toggle - "Y" to "N" or vice versa via a commandButton. The issue is I can find no way of passing this single value back to the bean as is.

<td>Active:</td>
<td><h:outputText value="#{controllerBean.member.active}" /></td>
<td>
<h:outputLabel value="To change toggle active button below" />
<h:inputHidden id="actToken" value="#{controllerBean.active}"/>
</td>
//further down the view
<h:commandButton style="float: right" value="Toggle Active" action="#{controllerBean.toggleActive()}"/>

The issue is the value is displayed within the output text - how to pass the value into the inputHidden value.