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In my experience the only way to prevent caching to set the date and 
last-modified headers to the (same) current date.  This will prevent anyone 
from caching your documents, including most corporate proxies.  I haven't had 
much success using the pragma: no-cache header/directive.

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Pat O'Neil wrote:

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> jon * wrote:
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> > > Jackie Sladky wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a few existing web pages, and each time I make any modifications,
> > > large or small, users have to clear out their Cache in order to receive my
> > > new page.
> >
> > I suggest that you look at what the server is returning for the
> > Last-Modified headers.
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> If you are returning dynamic content from servlets, try something like
> 
> res.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache"); or 
> res.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
> 
> early in your servlet. If you are seeing this with static html pages, 
> you can override this behavior by using something like:
> 
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires"> 
> 
> Although it should not be necessary if you are getting accurate 
> Last-Modified headers as Jon mentioned.
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