# Render :partial stops setting local variables **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 3, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-stops-setting-local-variables/89103 "2006-01-03T22:31:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanwarburton)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-stops-setting-local-variables/89103/1 "2006-01-03T22:31:54Z")
I’m not sure what happened, or what change has caused this to happen, but render :partial (or any render for that matter, doesn’t seem to let me set local variables via the local\_assigns argument hash. for example \<%= render :partial ‘edit’, :username =\> @user.username %\> used to allow that username was a local variable in my \_edit.rhtml partial template. example: **Username:** \<%= username %\> Could this be a problem with Ruby 1.8.4? – Sean W. master nerd of i heart squares, Co. 3711 N. Ravenswood Ave. #147 Chicago, IL 60613 Ph. (773) 531-6301 Fx. (773) 529-7041 [http://www.iheartsquares.com](http://www.iheartsquares.com) ---
**Author:** ![seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanwarburton)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-stops-setting-local-variables/89103/2 "2006-01-03T22:53:43Z")
On 1/3/06, Sean W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Could this be a problem with Ruby 1.8.4? Tried it on Ruby 1.8.2 and it still fails… Is there soem sort of environment setting that controls how varaibles get passed in the render method? This used to work fine, yestrday, but suddenly today, on all my machines this stopped working. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. – Sean W. master nerd of i heart squares, Co. 3711 N. Ravenswood Ave. #147 Chicago, IL 60613 Ph. (773) 531-6301 Fx. (773) 529-7041 [http://www.iheartsquares.com](http://www.iheartsquares.com) ---
**Author:** ![seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanwarburton)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-stops-setting-local-variables/89103/3 "2006-01-03T22:56:50Z")
On 1/3/06, Sean W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m not sure what happened, or what change has caused this to happen, but > render :partial (or any render for that matter, doesn’t seem to let me set > local variables via the local\_assigns argument hash. > > for example > > \<%= render :partial ‘edit’, :username =\> @user.username %\> I believe you want: \<%= render :partial ‘edit’, :locals =\> {:username =\> @user.username} %\> ---
**Author:** ![seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanwarburton)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-stops-setting-local-variables/89103/4 "2006-01-04T20:06:25Z")
On 1/3/06, Lance B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I believe you want: > > \<%= render :partial ‘edit’, :locals =\> {:username =\> @user.username} %\> Ahhh thanks… Thats it! I take it that [api.rubyonrails.com](http://api.rubyonrails.com) isn’t up to date. [Peak Obsession](http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Base.html#M000468) show this still _render_(options = {}, old\_local\_assigns = {}) I also tried the previous way containing the two hash arguments in curly braces, it still ignored the local assigns. I just wonder why this was working fine before, and then suddenly stopped working? – Sean W. master nerd of i heart squares, Co. 3711 N. Ravenswood Ave. #147 Chicago, IL 60613 Ph. (773) 531-6301 Fx. (773) 529-7041 [http://www.iheartsquares.com](http://www.iheartsquares.com)