# HELP ...Is it Posible for partial file

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-is-it-posible-for-partial-file/173753>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 14, 2009, 8:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-is-it-posible-for-partial-file/173753 "2009-08-14T08:59:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-is-it-posible-for-partial-file/173753/1 "2009-08-14T08:59:35Z")

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how to update a div using ajax.updater() in rails…

\<%= render :partial =\> "news" %\>

every 10 seconds the above div has to be get refreshed…  
i m stumped with this problem…  
i dont know how to proceed it…  
pls help

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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-is-it-posible-for-partial-file/173753/2 "2009-08-14T12:23:01Z")

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Newb N. wrote:

> how to update a div using ajax.updater() in rails…
> 
> \<%= render :partial =\> "news" %\>
> 
> every 10 seconds the above div has to be get refreshed…  
> i m stumped with this problem…  
> i dont know how to proceed it…  
> pls help

try to use periodic\_updater helper