Difference between Html.RenderAction and Html.Action

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Sasha picture Sasha · Jun 2, 2010 · Viewed 26.5k times · Source

Does anybody know what's the difference between Html.RenderAction and Html.Action?

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Megawolt picture Megawolt · Jun 2, 2010

Html.Action() – Outputs string

Html.RenderAction() – Renders directly to response stream

If the action returns a large amount of HTML, then rendering directly to the response stream provides better performance than outputting a string.

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