ASP.NET Syntax ASP.NET Configuration Sections
Specifies application-wide output cache settings.configuration Element (General
Settings Schema)
  system.web Element (ASP.NET
Settings Schema)
    caching Element (ASP.NET
Settings Schema)
      outputCache Element for caching
(ASP.NET Settings Schema)
|
<outputCache enableOutputCache="true|false"
enableFragmentCache="true|false"
sendCacheControlHeader="true|false"
omitVaryStar="true|false">
</outputCache> |
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent
elements.
Attributes
| Attribute |
Description |
|
enableOutputCache |
Optional Boolean attribute.
Enables/disables the page output cache.
If disabled, no pages are cached regardless of the programmatic or
declarative settings.
Default value is true. |
|
enableFragmentCache |
Optional Boolean attribute.
Enables/disables the application fragment cache.
If disabled, no pages are cached regardless of the @ OutputCache directive or
caching profile used. Includes a cache-control header indicating that upstream
proxy servers as well as browser clients should not attempt to cache page
output.
Default value is false. |
|
sendCacheControlHeader |
Optional Boolean attribute.
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the cache-control:private
header is sent by the output cache module by default.
Default value is false. |
|
omitVaryStar |
Optional Boolean attribute.
Enables/disables sending an Http "Vary: *" header in the response.
With the default setting of false, a "Vary: *" header is sent for output
cached pages.
Default value is false. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
| Element |
Description |
|
configuration |
The required root element in every configuration file used by the common
language runtime and .NET Framework applications. |
|
system.web |
Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a
configuration file. Contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web
applications and control how the applications behave. |
|
caching |
Configures the cache settings for a Web
application. |
Remarks
Example
The following example disables the output cache for an ASP.NET
application.
| Â |
 Copy Code |
<outputCache enableOutputCache="false" /> |
configured
in the machine configuration file or in the root Web.config file, but is the
default configuration returned by application in the .NET Framework version
2.0.
| Â |
Copy Code |
<outputCache enableOutputCache = "true"
enableFragmentCache = "true"
sendCacheControlHeader = "true"
omitVaryStar = "false">
</outputCache> |