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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 10, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-a-whole-html-page-after-an-ajax-request-possible/171865 "2009-07-10T12:36:07Z")\
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**Author:**  [@tharrisx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tharrisx)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-a-whole-html-page-after-an-ajax-request-possible/171865/1 "2009-07-10T12:36:07Z")
Hi there,
Suppose: ‘action A’ was launched by an Ajax request
Question: Is it possible to
- somehow render a whole HTML page (not only return a part of the page),
or
- redirect (within ‘action A’) to an ‘action B’ (which then could render
a whole HTML page)
Thanks a lot!
Tom
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**Author:**  [@tharrisx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tharrisx)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-a-whole-html-page-after-an-ajax-request-possible/171865/2 "2009-07-10T12:48:39Z")
> Question: Is it possible to
>
> - somehow render a whole HTML page (not only return a part of the page),
render :update do |page|
page.redirect\_to :action =\> ‘name’
end
Sijo
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**Author:**  [@tharrisx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tharrisx)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-a-whole-html-page-after-an-ajax-request-possible/171865/3 "2009-07-11T08:12:41Z")
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Tom Ha
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> Thanks a lot!
> Tom
You can return an entire HTML page via ajax (Just the contents of the
tags) and just replace that.
If you’re going to redirect, don’t bother with the Ajax
Andrew T.
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**Author:**  [@tharrisx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tharrisx)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-a-whole-html-page-after-an-ajax-request-possible/171865/4 "2009-07-10T14:55:13Z")
And I’d been starting to think I had to call McGyver…
Great! Thanks, Sijo!