Unable to pass the same object with different result to partial view on the Home/Index controller in mvc 3

Question

public ActionResult Index()
    {
        List<pInfo> pobj = new List<pInfo>();
        pobj = (from pid in db.pInfoes
                orderby pid.pId  descending
                select pid).ToList();
        return View(pobj);

    }


public ActionResult toprank() ///partial view 
    {
        List<pInfo> pobj = new List<pInfo>();
        pobj = (from pid in db.pInfoes.Where(c => c.DateCreated < DateTime.Now)
                orderby pid.Score descending
                select pid).Take(3).ToList();
        return PartialView("toprank", pobj);
    }

 \\\ Index.csHtml
  @model IEnumerable<TestProj.pInfo>
  <table>
 <tr>
 <td>
 @foreach (var item in Model)
 {
 <table>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <iframe width="560" 
            height="300" 
            src="@item.pUrl"
             frameborder="0"></iframe>    
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
}
</td>
<td>
@{Html.RenderPartial("toprank", model);}
</td>
</tr>
</table>

I am passing different result set for same Model i.e pInfo. on partial view and Index actionresult on the Home Controller. When I am trying to render the partial view on the Index view page I am getting the same result-set from the Index action result two times one in the table and another in the @{Html.RenderPartial("toprank", model);} ... I am sure I am missing some basic understanding of how the partial view works but unable to figure it out for last 3 hrs. If I change the url to partial view i.e (home/toprank ) then I get the resultset I want but its not coming on the Home/Index page

Please let me know if my design concept is wrong.. I am starting to feel that this is probably the wrong approach to get this working..

Answer 1

if you want to see the toprank() called you need to use Html.Action not partial, change the view to this :

<td>
  @Html.Action("toprank")
</td>