Conditional Page Caching [Solution: Conditional Fragment Caching]

Question

Suppose that I have controller home_controller.rb with action index.

I want to cache index page so I\'m doing:

caches_page          


        

Answer 1

What you want couldn't be achieved;

A page is cached or is not cached. The process checks the existence of a html file or process it.

Still you have two alternatives:

• use action caching or fragment caching (not recommended)

• more recommended: load user specific part with ajax so you'll only have one page always cached and specific data inserted dynamically (like stackoverflow)

Here are state of the art explanations: http://railslab.newrelic.com/scaling-rails