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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 27, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-replace-html-not-working-as-i-expected-help/124249 "2007-12-27T03:03:47Z")\
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**Author:**  [@spokra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spokra)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-replace-html-not-working-as-i-expected-help/124249/1 "2007-12-27T03:03:47Z")
I was hoping the following code would generate a new turing everytime
it was click. But it renders everything the first time the page is
rendered and replaces the image once… but also has already set to
session[turing] to the last call to createturing… so the first image
and session[turing] don;t match!!! I thought moving to a partial
would hold off the execution of the partial until the link was
clicked… guess not!!!
how should i implement this?
\<%= render(:partial =\> "createturing" ) %\>
\<%= link\_to\_function 'refresh' do |page| page.replace\_html 'turing', render(:partial =\> 'createturing') end %\>
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**Author:**  [@spokra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spokra)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-replace-html-not-working-as-i-expected-help/124249/2 "2007-12-27T03:20:10Z")
On 27 Dec 2007, at 02:03, spokra wrote:
> I was hoping the following code would generate a new turing everytime
> it was click. But it renders everything the first time the page is
> rendered and replaces the image once… but also has already set to
> session[turing] to the last call to createturing… so the first image
> and session[turing] don;t match!!! I thought moving to a partial
> would hold off the execution of the partial until the link was
> clicked… guess not!!!
No as you found out, this is all evaluated in one go (How could it be
otherwise since rendering the partial can only happen serverside?)
> how should i implement this?
>
> \<%= render(:partial =\> "createturing" ) %\>
> \<%= link\_to\_function 'refresh' do |page| page.replace\_html 'turing', render(:partial =\> 'createturing') end %\>
You can use link\_to\_remote to make an ajax call.
Fred
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**Author:**  [@spokra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spokra)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-replace-html-not-working-as-i-expected-help/124249/3 "2007-12-27T03:51:09Z")
Steep learing curve but I’m starting to get it!!!
Thanks that did the quick and after getting your pointer it only took
me a few minutes to implement it!! thats rapid!!
On Dec 26, 6:19 pm, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)