Re: HTTP server request routing directives for multiple URL's

One more quick note: use Ctl-F5 to force MS IE5.5 to get the latest file
from the server without using or even checking its cache.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Dow" <maillist@dowsoftware.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] HTTP server request routing directives for multiple
URL's


> Sorry for cluttering up the list.  It was IE5.5 caching causing me grief.
I
> thought that even if the Refresh button or F5 wouldn't get the latest
file,
> ending it and restarting would.  Actually, all any of those actions do is
> cause IE5.5 to check to see if the file's date & time is more recent than
> the cached version, and if not, it uses the cached version.
>
> Since I was simply renaming the files without touching them (i.e. changing
> the data), the data-changed date remained the same, and IE5.5 used its
> cached version.  Once I either deleted all IE5.5's Temporary Internet
Files
> (cache) OR actually changed the index.html file's contents, it worked.