Render partial :collection => @array specify variable name

Question

I am rendering a partial like this:

$("#box_container").html("<%= escape_javascript( render :partial => 'contacts/contact_tile', :collection => @contacts) %>") 

Problem is that my partial is expecting the variable 'contact'.

ActionView::Template::Error (undefined local variable or method `contact' 

I simply want to tell the partial to expect a variable contact. Should iterate through @contacts as contact. How do I do that?

Answer 1

Found this is also helpful from the docs. You aren't limited to having the variable named after the partial:

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/layouts_and_rendering.html

To use a custom local variable name within the partial, specify the :as option in the call to the partial:

<%= render :partial => "product", :collection => @products, :as => :item %> 

With this change, you can access an instance of the @products collection as the item local variable within the partial."