Clear The Cache in 11i and R12

For Oracle EBS 11i

Step1 : shutdown apache
Step2 : Go to $COMMON_TOP (for 11.5.10.x) directory
Step3 : Backup the directory _pages and delete its contents by running for instance:
 rm -rf $COMMON_TOP/_pages/*
 rm -rf $OA_HTML/_pages/*
Step4 : For modplsql caches remove contents of $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cache        directory
Step5 : Restart iAS server
Step 6: From user point of view user needs to clear the brower cache
goto IE--> tools--> delete cookes
 --> delete files
 ---> clear History


For Oracle EBS R12 -  Clear The Cache Using Functional Administrator

In R12 we use the following steps to clear the cache and also when we do this activity make sure that the  users shouldn’t connect the applications.

Step1: Log in and choose the Functional Administrator responsibility – then choose Home.
Step2:Choose the Core Services Tab – then the Caching Framework Sub-Menu .
Step3:Click Global Configuration’ from the left hand side menu that appears  and  – In the far right choose ‘Clear all Cache’ button
Step4: A screen prompts and confirms that the action will clear all cache on the middle tier server – choose Yes.
Step5: A confirmation message is displayed, confirming that all cache has been cleared across middle tiers.