render :template render:partial

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Hi   In the main file i have to include a code portion (just one table with an image_tag..) as <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" >   <tr>    <td class="clearGif25" width="20"><%=image_tag("/images/menu/big.png", {:class=>"noborder"})%> </td>    <td class="pageTopHeader" valign="center">User Profile </td>   </tr> </table>

     This has to be included in several other files .. So I put this in another file which is not a partial file.And tried to call it like

<%= render :template=>'user_profile/user_profile_header_picture.rhtml' %>

But this is not working..And if it were a partial file I could do it successfully like

<%= render :partial=>'user_profile/user_profile_header_picture.rhtml' %>

     So my question is, to include such a file should it be partial.Can't i include a non partial file? And also what is the use of render :template ?

Thanks in advance Sijo