# META refresh not working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meta-refresh-not-working/251262>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [February 6, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meta-refresh-not-working/251262 "2008-02-06T18:45:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![tanel96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tanel96](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tanel96)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meta-refresh-not-working/251262/1 "2008-02-06T18:45:30Z")

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When I’m using something like this, everything works:

```auto

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="1; url=file.php?model=someName&pos=9">

```

But when i try to direct the visitor to the correct line then the code just refuses to refresh, both in IE and FireFox:

```auto

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="1; url=file.php?model=someName&pos=9#goThere">

```

What could be the problem ?