Adding a script to the page dynamically with jQuery never uses the cached file

Question

I am using jQuery to dynamically add a script to my page and it works, but jQuery appends \"_=TIMESTAMP\" to the URL causing the browser to never use the cache. With the fo

Answer 1

Here is something that works for me

// Backup the jquery ajax cache setting
var jQueryAjaxSettingsCache = jQuery.ajaxSettings.cache;

// Disable the ?_=TIMESTAMP addition
jQuery.ajaxSettings.cache = true;

// Do the cached script inserting ...
$("head").append('