Force Browser To Not Use Cache When Requested For File Using Anchor Tag

I have an anchor tag that is used to request the download of a file. Like this: Do

Solution 1:

I'll add as an answer. Try adding a random number to the query part of the href:

?param=[random]

Solution 2:

As per my own comment for one of the answers:

According to wikipedia I can set the response header parameter: Cache-Control: no-cache

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#Effects_of_selected_HTTP_header_fields

After receiving a response with this header, the browser will not cache this data anymore.