By qqboy on

can some one tell us if any difference between
ctrl f5 in firefox and clear all cache from admin menu in drupal

Thanks

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andyd328
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Shift-F5 sends a request to the server to send the entire page & all of its images, css, js etc again. Drupal will then deliver this - and it'll do it from it's cached version if it can.

If you clear all caches in the drupal admin you clear the drupal cache. Shift-F5 will then deliver a newly generated version of the page. Depending on your server speed you may notice quite a difference in delivery time after clearing the drupal cache.

In short: there are two caches, if you want to be sure you're getting the latest version then both clear the drupal cache and then use shift-f5 - in that order :)

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qqboy commented

ctrl f5 not shift f5 sir
thanks

https://www.drupal.org/project/image_captcha_indicator
https://www.drupal.org/project/ext_js

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andyd328
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Location Lyttelton, NZ 🇳🇿
commented

I guess I was thinking of shift-click refresh.

And, now worries, you're very welcome.

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vm commented

browser cache and database cache are two entirely different animals.

CTRL-F5 is a refresh in the browser.
clearing cache in drupal (whether admin menu or otherwise) clears the cache tables in the database.

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qqboy commented

thanks

thanks

https://www.drupal.org/project/image_captcha_indicator
https://www.drupal.org/project/ext_js