# Is there a way to do unbuffered render :update?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-unbuffered-render-update/94356>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 1, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-unbuffered-render-update/94356 "2006-05-01T22:18:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![aginghipster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@aginghipster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aginghipster)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-unbuffered-render-update/94356/1 "2006-05-01T22:18:25Z")

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Greetings all,

I have an action which does some stuff and then does a render :update to  
replace a container with a partial, the delay due to processing is more  
than I’d like for expecting a user to wait without hitting the button  
again and again. Is there a way to force the render’s display when the  
satement is executed rather than at the end of the action?

Thanks,  
Andy

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**Author:** ![aginghipster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@aginghipster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aginghipster)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-unbuffered-render-update/94356/2 "2006-05-03T18:58:28Z")

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I might be wrong ( I can’t check right now ), but I think you can just  
move the render to the top of your action. Even after a render, the  
rest of the action will continue to run.