if im in the views dir for the railtstest controller and render a partial like so: render(:partial=>''container/ thepartial'') then it will only work if that partial is in views/container/thepartial not if its in views/railstest/container/thepartial as I expected. but what i want is to have a dir called container inside of railstest and be able to render a partial from there. is this possible? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hunter Peress hunterp-hceJc2YFNylFcjXmduoLkw@public.gmane.org Web Programmer The Santa Fe New Mexican, Inc.