title: Render a view of another controller
body: <p>What I want to do is have 2 different controllers, client and test_client.  The client controller is already built and I want to create a test_client controller that i can use to play around with the UI of the client and adjust it as needed.  I am mainly trying to get around the validation i have built into the client and its dependence on an admin controller that loads the data.</p>
  
  <p>so i want the test_client controller to load a sample data set and then render the client controller's index view so i can adjust the clients UI.  That is all.</p>
  
  <p>I tried this in the test_clients index method:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class TestClient
      def index
          render :template =&gt; 'client/index'
      end
  end
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but i get an error because it cannot find the client partials as it is looking in the current controllers view for them...</p>
  
  <p>So I have looked into this already and most people say that you should never make such a call but i think that this case is a reasonable usage...I just need to figure out how to get it to work.</p>