Tech: Clearing Cache from the Server Side?

Subject: Tech: Clearing Cache from the Server Side?
From: jeffp
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 11:37 AM

I'm working on a web site for our company and we need to ensure that the latest versions of the information posted there will be seen by our employees. Unfortunately, sometimes when someone accesses the page, they get what they had in cache, rather than the new version. This can be fixed by clearing cache, but we can't count on these folks to do that. Is there some way that we can force the cache to be cleared or ignored from our side?

BTW, we're writing for both Netscape and Explorer.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Jeff

Subject: RE: Tech: Clearing Cache from the Server Side?
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 11:42 AM

jeff - this any help?

Subject: RE: Tech: Clearing Cache from the Server Side?
From: jeffp
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 01:03 PM

This looks like it may just do the trick. Thanks a billion!!!!!!!!!

Who was that masked man, anyway?


Jeff

Subject: RE: Tech: Clearing Cache from the Server Side?
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 01:44 PM

That was "The Good GUEST", the one who refused to go over to the Dark Side and stuck with old Obi Wan Kenobi.
"closing credits scroll down the screen....."
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Tech: Clearing Cache from the Server Side?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 02:39 AM

There's a standard META tag does this at the top of the page to ensure that only the latest version of the page is loaded and the cache is ignored, or rather the page is not cached - don't have the references to hand at moment - no-cache I think it is... I don't use it very often.

Robin

Subject: RE: Tech: Clearing Cache from the Server Side?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 07 May 04 - 07:35 PM

M E T A H T T P - E Q U I V = " P r a g m a " C O N T E N T = " n o - c a c h e "

ensures that latest copy of page is got from the source, not the cache.