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Clearing Your Cache

After the library closes for the day, "Your Library Card" information is taken offline for three hours to perform general maintenance.  This occurs every evening, starting at 10 p.m. on Monday-Friday, 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.  When this happens, you may see a message stating,

"Sorry, information about your library account is currently unavailable.  Please try again later."

Or you may see a strange series of letters and numbers like this:

%DRARMS-F-CANTOPEN, Can't open
$1$DIA7:[DRAFIL]PTTMST.IDX; -DRARMS-I-WHILEOPEN, while opening
CIRCLE_PATRON_TRANS_MASTER -RMS-E-FNF, file not found

If you continue to receive this message, particularly between 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. from Monday through Friday, it may be due to your browser calling up an old page from its memory.  To solve this problem you may need to clear your cache.

What is the cache?  When you view a web page, your browser makes a copy of that page and stores it in an area on your computer called the "Temporary Internet Files" or the cache.  The browser may be taking the "Sorry" page from the cache and displaying that information instead of checking for a new page.  This problem will continue until you clear the cache.

Here is how to clear your cache using the most common browsers:

In Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0:

1/ Click on "Tools" in the top drop-down menu bar.
2/ Under "Tools", click on "Internet Options."
3/ From the window that pops up, click on the "Delete Files" button found in the "Temporary Internet Files" section.
4/ Click the "OK" button in the small window that pops-up to confirm the deletion.

In Netscape Navigator 6.2:

1/ From the drop-down menu bar select "Edit."
2/ Under "Edit" choose "Preferences."
3/ In the pop-up window, double-click on the word "Advanced."
4/ Click on the word "Cache."
5/ On the right side of this window, clear the "Memory Cache" and "Disk Cache" by clicking on the appropriate buttons.

If you are using a different browser, please refer that program's help files for specific directions to clearing the cache.


Related Pages: Catalog and Account - Library Card FAQ - Catalog Search Help

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