how to set URL and force refresh?

[Useful Info]

Hi all,

I have a page where I set document.location.href
but the previous copy of that page is in the cache,
so Firefox is not refreshing its contents, which is
what I want it to do. Is there a way to get this
result?

Thanks.

[Real Gagnon]

I have a page where I set document.location.href

but the previous copy of that page is in the cache,
so Firefox is not refreshing its contents, which is
what I want it to do. Is there a way to get this
result?

try :

dummyDate = new Date() ;
dummyParameter = "?" + dummyDate.getTime()
self.location.href = "myPage.html" + "?" + dummyParameter

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[Evertjan.]

Real Gagnon wrote on 02 jun 2007 in comp.lang.javascript:

dummyDate = new Date() ;
dummyParameter = "?" + dummyDate.getTime()
self.location.href = "myPage.html" + "?" + dummyParameter

That would result in ...??...

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Even simpler, just add the numeric date value:

location.href = "myPage.html" + "?" + +(new Date())

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