Posted by David Dorward on 01/24/06 22:09

xyZed wrote:

> I have someone asking me for the html code to force a browser to
> fetch a page from the server instead of using a cached version.

No such code. That is the job of HTTP headers.

http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/

> Apart from wanting to find the code out, I have a vague recollection that
> it's not advised, but can't be sure.

It depends. It is useful if the content is likely to change often. It is a
waste of bandwidth (time and money) if the content doesn't change often
(although there is the 304 Not Modified response).

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