Also, some proxy servers (notably AOL) ignore HTTP_EQUIV directives set in META tags.
aol HTTP header info: http://webmaster.aol.com/index.cfm?article=500000000000056&expand=0&sitenum=2&menuid=56 >>> Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/25/2002 4:11:25 PM >>> > -----Original Message----- > From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 1:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: No cache > > > Hi all, > > I thought that the browser doesn't caches the pages created > on the fly by a > CGI script but it does. > > Do you know what I should do to make it not to cache? I recommend the following to prevent caching: print $q->header({Expires=>'now', 'Cache-control'=>'no-cache'}); > > Should I use an html meta tag? What is it? META HTTP-EQUIV is kind of pointless for CGI, since you can generate HTTP headers directly. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
