Force a page to reload?

[lotsToLearn]

Is it possible to use JavaScript to force a page to read from the server instead of a clients cache? I am having a real problem with IE5 users reading pages from cache instead of from the server. <br>
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As always, any and all suggestions are appreciated. <br>
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ALH

 

[theEclipse]

You can use location.reload() but that might not work on browsers older than IE 5.0<br>
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[Guest_imported]

Actually, this is done through the http-equiv header, as follows:<br>
&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;Expires&quot; CONTENT=&quot;Wed, 16 MAY 1996 14:00:00 GMT&quot;&gt;<br>
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This will cause the UA to read the page as expired (in it's cache) so it will ALWAYS reload the page. <p>John Vogel<br><a href=mailto:johnvogel@homepage.com>johnvogel@homepage.com</a><br><a href=

http://johnvogel.homepage.com>My

HomePage</a><br>WebMaster - DataBase Administrator - Programmer<br>

 

[robherc]

Agree with Jvogel....the best way is through a meta-expires tag; but it works best if you set the value to a date that's already past; then it always forces a reload every time they go to the page <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>*nix installation & program collector/reseller. Contact me if you think you've got one that I don't

 

[theEclipse]

Sorry, that is agreeably better, but the location.reload() is the first thing that came to mind.<br>
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theEclipse<br>
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