Re: [squid-users] GET/POST caching

On 06.12 09:49, Stefan Palme wrote:
> "Not cacheable" means, server responses will not be stored in the cache.
> But does it also mean, that existing objects in the cache will never be
> *used* for POST requests?

> After the first "GET /form.html", "form.html" may be stored in the
> cache, because this is no POST request. The following "POST /form.html"
> may *use* the stored object (and not sending the POST request to the
> server).

"GET /form.html" is different object than "POST /form.html".
they will be handled separately.

> I guess this is not the same as what it meant by "POST requests are not
> cacheable", because "cachable" means *storing* objects in the cache,
> but this scenario describes *using* of stored objects...

no, it means both.

> May this really happen? Or will objects retrieved by GET requests never
> used for POST requests (and vice versa)?

that highly depends on those objects. note that objects may be set up
cacheable and in such cases they will be cached.

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