Using same partial with diff ajax requests.

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Im wondering what the best design implementation with DRY in mind in the following situation. I have a number of situations where I am rendering the same partial with different ajax requests. For example, I have an inbox table and I have to link_to_remotes. One links to viewing all messages and another links to show a single message. Im wondering, does it make sense to use the same partial and create a variable in the controller which could be used in an if else statement within the view. like:

def show @type = "show" page.replace_html "inbox_message", :partial => 'message', :locals => {:type => @type} end

def index @type = "show_all" page.replace_html "inbox_message", :partial => 'message', :locals => {:type => @type} end

then in the _message partial i could have somehting like: if @type == "show"   only show one message else   show all messages end

Is there a better way to do this? Would just creating two different partials be any better? What about any performance issues?

Thanks, Dave

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I think 2 partials would work nicely:

# _messages.html.erb <h1>Listing Messages</h1> <ul>   <%= render :partial => 'message', :collection => @messages %> </ul>

# _message.html.erb <li><%= message.title %> - <%= message.body %></li>

Aaron