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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 28, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-vs-page-replace-html/149697 "2008-09-28T14:08:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:**  [@pure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pure)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-vs-page-replace-html/149697/1 "2008-09-28T14:08:27Z")
Hey all,
i simple try to update a partial in my index file.
(it contains two partials, and i want to update one of them)
But when i use, render :partial =\> … it shows the partial but without
the rest of the layout (navigation / footer…)
if i use page[…].replace\_html, it shows me the AJAX code in the
browser… :-/
How can i do this?
(I also try render :partial… , :layout =\> ‘application’ so it shows my
navigation and so on, but not the index file …)
Thx for your help!
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**Author:**  [@pure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pure)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-vs-page-replace-html/149697/2 "2008-09-28T17:40:43Z")
Ok, i solved it 🙂
i have to use:
link\_to\_remote ‘update’, :update…
and in the action simple:
render :partial…
greetings 🙂
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**Author:**  [@pure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pure)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-partial-vs-page-replace-html/149697/3 "2008-09-28T17:50:35Z")
I just wanted to answer that, but you posted it faster than me
hehehehe 😃