[support] Cron and clearing caches to update field data..

[Michael Prasuhn]

How are you updating the field?
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Michael Prasuhn
http://mikeyp.net

On Oct 2, 2012, at 4:11 AM, Wipe_Out <wipe_out at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can someone explain what running the drupal cron job does and at what intervals??
> 
> Here is the situation.. We are updating a particular field directly in the database from another source.. This is working fine but the issue is that the updated information doesn't show on the site straight away.. 
> 
> I have cron running every hour and have the cache lifetimes on the performance page set to 10 min but even after waiting an hour and a cron run the page still isn't always updated with the new value of the field.. Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't..
> 
> The only way I have found to "force" an update is to clear all the caches but this seems like a massive overkill..
> 
> If I can find out when it will update on its own I can set the user expectations so they know they have to wait that long for the data to be updated..
> 
> Thanks for any information..
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