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The VaryByParam attribute causes a new instance of a page to be cached when a different parameter is passed to the page. 

File: Master.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Master</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>

    <asp:GridView
        id="grdProducts"
        DataSourceID="srcProducts"
        AutoGenerateColumns="false"
        ShowHeader="false"
        GridLines="none"
        Runat="server">
        <Columns>
        <asp:HyperLinkField
            DataTextField="Title"
            DataNavigateUrlFields="Id"
            DataNavigateUrlFormatString="~/Details.aspx?id={0}" />
        </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>

    <asp:SqlDataSource
        id="srcProducts"
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Products %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT Id,Title FROM Products"
        Runat="server" />

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

File: Details.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ OutputCache Duration="3600" VaryByParam="id" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Details</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>

    <%= DateTime.Now.ToString("T") %>

    <hr />

    <asp:DetailsView
        id="dtlProduct"
        DataSourceID="srcProducts"
        Runat="server" />

    <asp:SqlDataSource
        id="srcProducts"
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Products %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM Products
            WHERE Id=@Id"
        Runat="server">
        <SelectParameters>
            <asp:QueryStringParameter
                Name="Id"
                Type="int32"
                QueryStringField="Id" />
        </SelectParameters>
    </asp:SqlDataSource>

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

You can assign two special values to the VaryByParam attribute:

none: causes any query string or form parameters to be ignored. 
      
*:    caches a new cached version whenever there is a change in query string or form parameter passed to the page.

You can assign a semicolon-delimited list of parameters to the VaryByParam attribute.








13.9.Page Output Cache
13.9.1.You enable Page Output Caching by adding an <%@ OutputCache %> directive to a page.
13.9.2.OutputCache Duration="20" VaryByParam="None"
13.9.3.Varying the Output Cache by Parameter
13.9.4.Varying the Output Cache by Control
13.9.5.Varying the Output Cache by Header
13.9.6.Varying the Output Cache by Browser
13.9.7.Varying the Output Cache by a Custom Function
13.9.8.Manipulating the Page Output Cache Programmatically
13.9.9.Creating Page Output Cache Profiles