[WEB4LIB] ASP pages remaining stubbornly cached

[Nikos Kourkoumelis]

Hi John,
well, first of all check if you are uploading to the correct
folder...Sometimes we all keep mirror directories!

Then... check the asp file if it has identical size with the old one... Some
ftp clients bypass the uploading procedure when they find this...

Moreover, check to see if you have the permission to upload when there is
another page there with the same name... To resolve this,  first delete the
old file and then upload...

Finally use these meta tags:
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0">
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">

Did I miss anything?
Regards,

N.Kourkoumelis
http://users.otenet.gr/~nkourkou/

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Fitzgibbon" <jfitzgibbon at Galwaylibrary.ie>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 11:51 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] ASP pages remaining stubbornly cached


> Hi,
>
> I have uploaded an updated ASP page to my website. When I viewed the page
in my browser I see the older version of the page. In Internet Explorer 5.5,
I deleted the temporary internet files, cleared the history and restarted
the browser but this did not solve the problem.
>
> I thought the page might be cached on the proxy server. I tried on a pc
that does not connect to our proxy server but to no avail.
>
> I downloaded the page from my website using ftp and viewed it using the
file:// protocol. The correct version displayed. I uploaded the page, viewed
it in my browser using the http:// protocol but alas the old version of the
page appeared. I tried uploading the page to a different folder on the web
server and viewed it from there using my browser; the correct version
displays.
>
> In desperation, I deleted the file from the web server. The original
version continues to be displayed in my browser. I feel it is haunting me. I
am starting to feel like Bill Murray's character in the film 'Groundhog
Day'.  Is this a problem with ASP pages? Are ASP pages cached on the web
server for days at a time and when the page is requested the web server
forwards the cached version without accessing the file on its hard disk? Or
am I losing my mind?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards
> John
>