APPLICATIONS AND WEB BROWSER CACHE CLEAR

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Apache / iAS Cache clear for 11.5.9 or 11.5.10.x

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- shutdown iAS server

- go to $OA_HTML (for 11.5.9) or $COMMON_TOP (for 11.5.10.x) directory

- backup the directory _pages and delete its contents by running for instance:

  rm -rf $COMMON_TOP/_pages/*

- for modplsql caches remove contents of $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cache directory

- restart iAS server

Cache clear on middle tier for R12

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Note: Clearing _pages directory is no longer a recommended solution.

      Clearing the _pages in R12 creates blank login page issue, as in R12 the jsp files does not get compiled automatically.

From Forntend

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- go to "Functional Administrator" responsibility

- select Core Services => Caching Framework => Global Configuration => Clear cache

From backend

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- adopmnctl.sh stopall

- rm -fr $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.3/j2ee/oacore/persistence/*

- rm -fr $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.3/j2ee/oafm/persistence/*

- rm -fr $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.3/j2ee/forms/persistence/*

- adopmnctl.sh startall

Cabo

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Images and style sheets can be corrupted or out of sync in the cabo caches,you may need to clear the related directories after backup:

- $OA_HTML/cabo/images/cache

- $OA_HTML/cabo/styles/cache

For Portal

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- go to the url: http://<host.domain>:<port>/pls/admin_/gateway.htm or cache.htm

- click on "Cache Settings" option and note the "Cache Directory"

- go to this directory and delete all the cache files in the directory and sub directories

WebADI / BNE cache

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For instance when enabling BNE log

- go to url: http://<host.domain>:<port>/oa_servlets/oracle.apps.bne.framework.BneAdminServlet

- click on the "clear-cache" link

- at the bottom of the page you should see 'Cache Cleared'

How to clear cache for Web Browsers

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For Netscape:

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- go to menu Edit => Preferences…,

- choose 'Cache' in 'Advanced' category,

- click on buttons 'Clear Memory Cache' and 'Clear Disk Cache'.

- close all Netscape windows and restart new browser session.

For Internet Explorer:

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- go to menu Tools => Internet Options…,

- select Genera' tab,

- click on button 'Delete Files' in 'Temporary Internet files' zone

- close all IE windows and restart new browser session.

For Mozilla Firefox:

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- go to menu Tools

- select 'Clear Private Data...' to clear the entire cache

   or

- go to menu Edit or Tools

- select Preferences or Options.

- expand the Advance' options and choose Cach' or Privacy

- click the button called Clear Cache.

For Safari:

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- go to Safari menu

- select Empty Cache => Click 'Empty' in the dialogue box

For Jinitiator

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Two possibilities depending of the Jinitiator version:

for 1.1.8.x versions:

 - delete all files in directory:

 C:\Program Files\Oracle\Jinitiator <version>\jcache\

for 1.3.1.x versions:

 - go to Start => Parameters => Control Panel

 - double-click on "Jinitiator <version>" icon

 - in the new pop-up window, click on "Cache" tab

 - click on "Clear Jar Cache " button. On prompt, click Yes.

 (you can also delete directly all files under directory: C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Oracle Jar Cache)

For Java

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Java/JRE plug-in (Windows)

- go to Start => Parameters => Control Panel

- double-click on "Java" icon

- in the new pop-up window, click on "General" tab

- click on "Delete Files..." button (you can select Applets, Applications or other files before)

For JVM

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- go to responsibility "Functional Administrator"

- click on "Core Services" tab then the "Caching Framework" sub-tab

- click on "Global Configuration" link then click on "Clear all cache" button to clear all of the Java Cache's