On 23 July 2010 10:52, Tom Mac <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > I have a of line code like > <%= stylesheet_link_tag "styles",:cache => "cache/styles" %> > > And it produces source as > > <link href="/stylesheets/styles.css?1279620123" media="screen" > rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> > > config.action_controller.perform_caching = true > > My concern is what is 1279620123 after question mark(?) above. If such a > random number always appended, whether caching in browser happens or > not?Please give me a good idea >
It's the timestamp when the file was last changed (or the last file if you list multiple stylesheets in stylesheet_link_tag). That way browsers can cache it long term and it will automatically change if you change one of the files during a new deployment. Cheers, Andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.