When I call html.renderpartial do I need to specify my model on the first line?

Question

I would like to use renderpartial but I'm not so clear on the way it is used. If I just call render partial then is any model sent to that? I want to use the HTML helpers. Is there any difference between using those in renderpartial and in the main razor view?

Answer 1

If the view actually uses a model and you don't provide any, it just end up having a null Model object (so lots of Null Object Reference Exception).

Just go with

@{ Html.RenderPartial("_partialView", PartialViewModel); }

or:

@Html.Partial("_partialView", PartialViewModel)

The differences between the two are indicated here.

HTH, M.