We haven't seen very many problems with Windows IE3/IE4.x (NT or Win9x)
just with the Mac version. When users do have a problem we tell them to
relax the cache settings as you mention - but it has no effect on the Mac.
I really want to avoid requiring users to make any changes to their
browser settings in order to use our site, especially those with slow
connections that really need an aggressive cache. I would like to
solve this on the server side if at all possible...
Thanks,
- Claude
At 12:10 PM 3/12/99 , you wrote:
>There is a fix for this on IE 4.0 on Windows!!
>
>I ran across this yesterday with IE 4.0 on Windows NT and CGIs: IE was
>caching the results of my CGIs such that new database records would not
>appear unless I restarted IE.
>
>As is typical for Microsloth, the solution was buried several levels down
>in their god-awful GUI: From IE's menu bar, View->Internet Options;
>General tab, frame Temporary Internet files, button Settings...; select
>radio button "Every visit to the page" under "Check for newer versions of
>stored pages:" That fixed it for IE 4.0 Windows.
>
>I'm still looking for the solution with IE 4.5 Macintosh.
>
>I hope there is a special place in hell for Bill Gates...
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I found this problem even with IE 4.0 on Windows NT. I
>>basically tried all the headers that you tried, but IE
>>somehow wasn't convinced and always kept caching
>>my pages.
>>
>>I finally ended up using a unique key that would be
>>different every time a request to the servlet was made.
>>That way IE always thinks its a different page,
>>
>>arif.
>>
>>_________________
>>Arif Pathan
>>PSW Technologies
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Claude Zervas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 1:05 PM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: How to overcome overzealous cacheing by IE4 on Mac ?
>>
>>I hope this is not off topic - but I am using servlets !
>>
>>IE4 on the Mac seems to ignore all the HTTP headers that
>>relate to cache control.
>>I've set the "Expire" header to the current date or zero, I've
>>set "Pragma" to "no-cache", and "Cache-Control" to "no-cache".
>>These all work fine for Netscape on all platforms, IE3 and IE4
>>on Windows, and Opera. But IE4 on the Mac caches dynamically
>>generated pages fairly consistently no matter what.
>>
>>Does anyone know if there are other cache control headers
>>that may be pertinent ? Or is IE4/Mac basically buggy ?
>>
>>This is a frustrating problem. Almost all our pages are
>>generated by servlets and are not cacheable due to the
>>nature of the data, so caching needs to be disabled.
>>
>>Any information on this would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>- Claude
>>_____________________________
>>Claude Zervas
>>Principal Computer Scientist
>>Uniplanet LLC, Seattle
>>
>>http://www.uniplanet.com
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