However, I think that it's always a run-time call irrespective of the contents of the included resource? Pls correct me if i'm wrong.
Yes it is always a run time call, But static content are inserted on as it is basis at run time.
e.g. if your html page contains
Then you will see
<%= 1 %> in your browser.
However had it been a jsp file then the output would be generated from jsp and that would be inserted in the output stream. So the output would be
1 not
<%= 1 %>;
Hope it answers your question ?
[ November 23, 2006: Message edited by: Arvind Giri ]