JSP Tags - Refreshing tag data

Question

I have written a few custom Tag Handlers.
I built these Handlers to eliminate all scriptlet code from a JSP form page, and also for ease of reuse.
A few of the Handlers generate '<select>' tags, which have option values populated by a call to another Class object that performs a database query.
All of the tags work perfectly, however, the tags that rely on database calls for the values do not get rebuilt, thus the values do not reflect current table data - This was not a problem when the options where generated via scriptlets; the data was rebuilt any time the page was refreshed.
Is there a method available to signal the container to rebuild the tags each time the page is refreshed/called?

Answer 1

sounds like a caching problem.. if so, you can test this by putting print statements in the page and reloading the page. If nothing prints, the server isn't getting the request, just the browser reloading from cache. if that is the case, then you need to be putting in the proper no-cache headers. I forget them offhand, but if you search this forum for "Pragma no-cache" you'll definitely find a post with the full set (there's a few things to set).