Rails - Apr 2005 - Rendering a partial from the controller

In a view, render_partial() returns a string of HTML.

In a controller, render_partial() _doesn''t_ return a string of HTML;
it whisks control away from the controller.

I want to do the following (in a controller):

  def show
    ...
    @content_for_div = render_partial(...)
    ...
  end

Is there a way to do this?  The logic for which partial gets rendered is not
straightforward, so I''d like to keep it away from the view.

(There''s always helpers, I guess...)

Gavin

On 13/04/2005, at 11:16 AM, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> In a view, render_partial() returns a string of HTML.
>
> In a controller, render_partial() _doesn''t_ return a string of
HTML;
> it whisks control away from the controller.
You want render_to_string

Unfortunately the docs suck...  If you get them time please submit some 
docs for it to the bugtracker.

- tim lucas