[TriLUG] Opera 8.5 caching dynamic pages

[Reid Sayre]

Brian,

Have a look at 
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/reference/article.php/3472881 to 
disable browser caching for pages that require it.

I found this by searching Google for "html tags page expiration". There 
are other references.

Reid Sayre

Brian Henning wrote:
> Hi Folks!
>   I'm encountering a bit of a problem in that Opera 8.5 is caching 
> dynamically-generated pages on my website, and thereby not always 
> showing me the most recent information that page has to offer.  Due to 
> the nature of the tasks the pages' scripting is facilitating, that can 
> be pretty bad (for example, generating a list of ID-tagged checkboxes 
> against certain database entries, then instead of showing me a new 
> list, showing me an old cached list).  Is it something I should just 
> adjust in Opera ("don't cache .php") or is there a server setting I 
> can twiddle ("always report the content as having changed so the 
> browser doesn't cache it" or something)?  I'd rather be able to ensure 
> from the server end that my end-users are getting fresh data and not 
> stale cache stuff.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Brian
>