How to Clear Cache in 11i and R12

1. shutdown apache

2. verify ps xuc
if its Linux then use below command

ps xuc|grep http -- should not return any process

if its HP then use below command to check

ps -ef|grep httpd
3)In 11i use the apache start and stop commands and bounce the JVM running on JSERV and clear caches as follows:


To clear the jsp & modplsql caches run this command:
rm -Rf $OA_HTML/_pages/*
rm -Rf $COMMON_TOP/_pages/*
rm -Rf $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cache/*3. clear cache - move the _pages (mv _pages _pages_bkp)

4. start apache

From user point of view user needs to clear the brower cache
goto IE--> tools--> delete cookes
--> delete files
---> clear History