# Strategy for partials needed--DRYing up list-generating code **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strategy-for-partials-needed-drying-up-list-generating-code/143360 "2008-07-17T17:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rpardee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@rpardee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rpardee)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strategy-for-partials-needed-drying-up-list-generating-code/143360/1 "2008-07-17T17:19:34Z")
Hey All, I’m fighting the urge to just copy/paste view template code & would like advice on a better strategy. Consider this model: Project name start\_date status \* funder \* funding\_mechanism \* \ Where the \*'d attributes are references to other models. I want to generate tables listing projects in all of these views: 1. projects/index 2. statuses/4/show 3. funders/2/show 4. funding\_mechanisms/4/show For #1, I want to show all of the columns of the projects, but for the others, I want to leave out whichever column is redundant given the thing I’m "show"ing. So for instance, say /statuses/4 is the ‘active’ status. I want to caption my table “Projects that are currently Active”, and then show all of the project columns except for status. Likewise, for funders/2 I want a caption “Projects funded by NCI”, and to show all columns except for funder. Optimally, this would all be in a single partial that would morph depending on the context from which I called it. Is there a way to write that partial w/out making it a hell-broth of if/then statements? Or is that just a butt-kicking I’ve got to take? Thanks! -Roy Roy P. Research Analyst/Programmer Group Health Center For Health Studies (Cancer Research Network) (206) 287-2078 Google Talk: rpardee