# Shared partial working with controller

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-partial-working-with-controller/173298>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 6, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-partial-working-with-controller/173298 "2009-08-06T12:38:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-partial-working-with-controller/173298/1 "2009-08-06T12:38:59Z")

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Hi guys,

iam just wondering, can i use a shared partial with a controller? In  
my project, i have in my views folder, a shared\_partials folder where  
i put my partials. In my controller eg books\_controller i make a  
search @books= Books.find(:all) and i want to show the results in the  
partial using the for loop book @books etc . Allthouh this works when  
i am in the controller views, when i am in the shared\_partials views  
does not works.

Any suggestions?  
Thanx  
Kostas L.

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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-partial-working-with-controller/173298/2 "2009-08-06T12:48:55Z")

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Hi  
Can’t you use like

render :partial =\> “shared/partial\_name”, :locals =\> {:books =\> @books}

Sijo

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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-partial-working-with-controller/173298/3 "2009-08-09T17:07:55Z")

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Thanx Sijo that worked! I’ve really forgotten :locals usage!!!