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How do I avoid caching a image?

Hi,

I would like to put a banner in my page but I don't want it to be cached(by neither proxy nor browser).

How can I do that by "pure" HTML or Javascript?

I don't have a lot of control, although I know an easy way to solve that is to use Server-sided scripts or HTTP headers.
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It's language, not languaje ... sorry (Typo)

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Yes, and even simpler is:


<script languaje="javascript">
<!-- //
 document.writeln("<img name='myimage.gif?nocache=" + Math.random() + "' width='200' height='200'>" );
// -->
</script>


... that way you don't have to mess with a Date.
... and as xabi noted, its "language"  ;)
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I put the following code in my HTML but i did not work...

<a href="http://media.exchange-it.com/click.go?b116995=1" target="_top">
<script language="javascript">
<!--
var now = new Date()
document.write("<img name='http://media.exchange-it.com/image.go?b116995=1?nocache=" + escape(now) + "' width='468' height='60'>"
//-->
</script></a>

I wonder if it's because of double question marks it has within the document.write.
Try this:

document.write("<img src='http://media.exchange-it.com/image.go?b116995=1?nocache=" + escape(now) + "' width='468' height='60'>" );

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... I think the main things were:
1) missing parentheses at the end, and
2) you had "name" instead of "src"
... points should go to xabi, ofcourse
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Hi,

Now I can see the picture. But I still can't avoid the banner being cached.

Any other suggestion?

.....
<a href="http://media.exchange-it.com/click.go?b116995=1" target="_top">
<script language="javascript">
<!--
var now = new Date()
document.write("<img src='http://media.exchange-it.com/image.go?b116995=1?nocache=" + escape(now) + "' width='468' height='60'>");
//-->
</script></a>
Ah, I think I see the problem.
Try this:

<a href="http://media.exchange-it.com/click.go?b116995=1" target="_top">
<script language="javascript">
<!--
document.write("<img src='http://media.exchange-it.com/image.go?b116995=1&nocache=" + Math.random() + "' width='468' height='60'>");
//-->
</script></a>
... the problem being the "?" before "nocache" -- it should have been a "&".