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Cache busting on Internet Explorer

How can I make Internet Explorer to obey the no cache on the metatags?

         

Titus

9:26 pm on Jul 23, 2002 (gmt 0)



When I hit the back button on Internet explorer the banner that I'm showing doesn't refresh because it's showing the cached version. How can I make IE not cache the page???

Titus

richlowe

9:32 pm on Jul 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">

Richard Lowe

BlobFisk

8:35 am on Jul 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Go to Tools > Internet Options > General

Under Temporary Internet Files > Settings

Change the setting for Check for Newer Version of Stored Pages to Every Visit to Page.

HTH!

BlobFisk

8:38 am on Jul 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Sorry, should have put this in too:

As a webmaster you can change your webservers setting to inform the browser not to cache the page. Richard's meta tag is the one to use, although for 100% assurance that the page you are serving is getting to your users (as opposed to them seeing a cached version from their ISP, for example) changing your server settings will give you this.... although it will increase the load on your server!

PsychoTekk

9:26 am on Jul 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">

HTTP specifications do not set any guidelines for pragma.
in addition to that it's an old mechanism and won't have an effect
in most cases. use
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache">
instead.

Brett_Tabke

9:59 am on Jul 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

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If you want a more universal solution for browser side, you need to use 2:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">