You can use require or load. require 'filename' loads filename.rb only once during the current executiion. This is what you would normally require. I dont know php all that well, but I think this is what you mean. Edward wrote: > What is the equivalent of > include("library.php"); > in ruby? > > I googled this and "rendering shared partials in ruby" but can't find > anything. > > Thanks, > > Edward Tanguay > All my projects: http://www.tanguay.info > -- Darshan Patil "The trouble with work is that it interferes with living." - Peter Mckill 1968 http://deepy.selfip.com http://www.singlehunt.com http://www.cribscout.com http://www.ringtonelair.com