How to remove OutputCache on ChildAction?

Question

I am trying to take advantage of the donut caching features in .Net MVC 3. For my Home page, in my home controller, I have:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    return View();
}

[ChildActionOnly]
[OutputCache(Duration=3600)]
public ActionResult IndexMain()
{
    return PartialView(ViewModelRepository.GetIndexViewModel());
}

I my view, I have:

<% Html.RenderAction("IndexMain");%>

This all works fine. However, when the data changes, I run:

var urlToRemove = Url.Action("IndexMain", "Home");
Response.RemoveOutputCacheItem(urlToRemove);

The RemoveOutputCacheItem executes without an error, but the ChildAction cache is not invalidated. Is there a way to programmatically remove a cache item from a ChildAction?

A couple more links: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7530265/63733, http://thenullreference.com/blog/fixing-the-asp-net-mvc-3-outputcacheattribute-for-partial-views-to-honor-some-web-config-settings/, http://stackoverflow.com/a/7117242/63733 — marapet, Mar 26 '13 at 09:42

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 26 '13 at 14:51

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Have you tried using the VaryBy properties such as VaryByParam or VaryByCustom

edited Mar 26 '13 at 14:51

marapet

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answered Mar 05 '12 at 13:23

ianaldo21

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Looks like this is the only way to go without using a full-blown reimplementation. – marapet Mar 26 '13 at 14:52

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 01:05

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There's a NuGet package to address this specific problem. This explains the problem and their solution:

http://www.devtrends.co.uk/blog/donut-output-caching-in-asp.net-mvc-3

answered Mar 27 '13 at 01:05

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How to remove OutputCache on ChildAction?

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