The ServerAndClient parameter with the OutputCache page directive does not cache on the client, without code

The ServerAndClient parameter with the OutputCache page directive does not cache on the client, without code by AndyAtBeckbury

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Type:	Bug
ID:	254940
Opened:	1/31/2007 9:45:35 AM
Access Restriction:	Public

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In an ASPX page, if you declare <%@ OutputCache Location="Client" Duration="60" VaryByParam="None"%>, the page is correctly cached on the client.

If you wish to cache on the client AND the server, you can set <%@ OutputCache Location="ServerAndClient" Duration="60" VaryByParam="None"%>. However this time the "Vary: *" HTTP header is returned to the browser, which invalidates all client caching.

It is possible to prevent this, by programmatically adding Response.Cache.SetOmitVaryStar(true); into the Page_Load method, but it would be desirable for the "Vary: *" header not to be emitted by default as you are asking for the page to be cached on the client. The requested behaviour of the Location="ServerAndClient" attribute is being overriden by the inclusion of the "Vary: *" header.

It would be nice to either have the "Vary: *" header ommitted by default, or there being the ability to declaratively set the SetOmitVaryStar parameter through the outputCacheProfiles element in web.config.

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.NET Framework 2.0

Windows XP Professional

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Create a simple ASPX page (ASP.NET 2.0, VS2005) with an ASP:Image server control and a HyperLink control. Configure TcpTrace or an equivalent to monitor the HTTP traffic between the browser and the IIS Web server.

Visit the page. Page is requested from the server, and server returns Vary: * in the response headers. Keep visiting the page, and it is always requested from the server.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<%@ OutputCache Location="ServerAndClient" Duration="60" VaryByParam="None"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>Cache Test</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <p>
                <asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/MyImage.jpg"
                    Width="500" /></p>
            <p>
                <asp:HyperLink ID="NextPage" runat="server" Text="Next Page" NavigateUrl="~/BlankPage.htm"></asp:HyperLink></p>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Client browser ALWAYS requests the ASPX page from the Web server.

Client browser requests the ASPX page from the Web server the first time, and when the cache is invalidated, as is seen with the Location="Client" attribute. All other times the local cache version is retrieved.

Since there is currently a workaround, we need to defer fixes for this issue until a future major release. However we will document the workaround in a Knowledge Base article.

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