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What is difference between RenderBody and RenderSection in ASP.NET MVC

Sachin Singh195525-Mar-2016
Hi All,

In ASP.NET MVC Razor syntax, we will unable to understand the use of @RenderBody. My layout page is below:

What is difference between RenderBody and RenderSection in ASP.NET MVC
Can anyone give me a proper explanation of these two.

Thank you.
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Updated on 25-Mar-2016
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Anupam Mishra

Anupam Mishra

25-Mar-2016
Hi Sachin,

A RenderSection allow to specify a region of content within a layout. It expects one parameter which is the name of the section. If we do not provide that, an exception will be thrown. A section in a layout page can be defined by using the following code.

@section header
{
    <h1>Header Content</h1>
}
we can render above defined section header on the content page as given below:

@RenderSection("header")
By default, sections are mandatory. To make sections optional, just provides the second parameter value as false, which is a Boolean value.
@RenderSection("header",false)
A view can define only those sections that are referred to in the layout page otherwise an exception will be thrown.

RenderBody:
 
RenderBody method exists in the Layout page to render child page/view. It is just like the ContentPlaceHolder in master page. A layout page can have only one RenderBody method.

@RenderBody()
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