How To Clear Caches

Apache / iAS 

For 11i and earlier versions:

- 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

To clear middle tier cache in release 12:
- go to "Functional Administrator" responsibility
- select Core Services => Caching Framework => Global Configuration => Clear cache
you may need to clear the related directories after backup:
$OA_HTML/cabo/images/cache
$OA_HTML/cabo/styles/cache

Web Browser
for Internet Explorer:
- go to menu Tools => Internet Options,
- select 'General' tab,
- click on button 'Delete Files' in 'Temporary Internet files' area
  or
- click on button 'Delete...' then in 'Delete Browsing History' pop-up window click on 'Delete Files...'
- close all IE windows and restart new browser session.
for Mozilla Firefox:
- go to menu Tools
- select 'Clear Private Data...' or 'Clear Recent History...' then check 'Cache'
  or
- go to menu Edit or Tools
- select Preferences or Options.
- expand the 'Advance' options and choose 'Cache' or Privacy
- click the button called 'Clear Cache'.
for Safari:
- go to Safari menu
- select Empty Cache => Click 'Empty' in the dialogue box
- 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.
Jinitiator
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)

Java
- go to Start => Parameters => Control Panel
- double-click on 'Java' icon
- in the new pop-up window, click on 'General' tab
- click on 'Setting...' button in 'Temporary Internet files' area then click on 'Delete Files...' button
  (you can select Applets, Applications or other files)
JVM
- 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

Portal
- 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
See also modplsql caches in Apache/iAS section above.

WebADI / BNE cache

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'

In case you have login issue after accidentally cleared the _pages instead of using the method above for r12

Recompile jsp files as below.

Use the ojspcompile.pl perl script to perform a manual pre-compilation of the JSP pages. The following command will compile all the JSP pages and build up the JSP cache again.

Unix: # perl $FND_TOP/patch/115/bin/ojspCompile.pl --compile --flush -p 2

Windows: C:> perl -x <FND_TOP>\patch\115\bin\ojspCompile.pl -compile -flush

Cabo

Images and style sheets can be corrupted or out of sync in the cabo caches,

for Netscape:

Java/JRE plug-in (Windows)