[thelist] ASP to populate .js file?

[Ken Schaefer]

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From: "Stephen Caudill" <SCaudill at municode.com>
Subject: RE: [thelist] ASP to populate .js file?


:: The alternatives seem to be repeatedly accessing the
:: server file system, or having an ASP script to feed the
:: browser JS as a cacheable external file.  My vote is for
:: the latter -  *with* the recommendation that said script
:: should not be integral to site functionality.
:
: I agree.  btw, how do you go about getting the browser to cache a
: dynamically created file?
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The browser has no knowledge of whether a file is static or dynamically
created. It just receives something from the server. So, it would be no
different to caching a static .js file.

Cheers
Ken