FIX: XML File Shows Cached Data When You Use ADO Recordset to Open the File over HTTP

CASE-1:
Issue: While browing the sites the xml changes are showed up in the browser.
Cause: The .xml file is chaed
Solution:
1) clear the temporary internet files (IE) (Tools/Internaet options / General/ Delete temporary internet files.)
2) Clear the browers's (Firefox) private data - Cache (Tools/Clear private data/cache)


CASE-2:

Problem:
When you use the Open method of the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) Recordset object to open an XML file over HTTP, if you make changes within the XML file, the data that appears does not contain the new modifications. In other words, the browser only displays the data that is cached from the first time you opened the XML file.

The same behavior occurs if you delete the XML file completely and run the same code. In this case, you do not receive an error message, and the browser displays the same data from the first time the XML file was opened.

Cause:
The OpenURLBlockingStream method opens HTTP files. By default, this method always uses cached data if it is available. There is no way to customize this method.

Solution:
To work around this problem, use a straight file path, for example:
rs.Open "c:\testdata.xml"

Original URL:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293856