Alex Brelsfoard wrote:
> ...an image....needs to be loaded, and i need to see its request in
> the apache logs.
> 
> ...on IE7 on Windows (the image loads and exists in the temporary
> internet files folder, but there is no request for the image in the
> apache logs).

What you've described is physically impossible, unless the image already 
exists in the browser's cache. If so, then you're dealing with a cache 
problem, and you should be able to find countless references on the net 
showing techniques for bypassing a cache.

On technique, for example, is to add a query string to the URL. So 
instead of:
http://server/path/image.gif
you use:
http://server/path/image.gif?random
where "random" is some random text generated in JS. The server ignores 
the query string.

You can also properly set caching controls on the server side by 
returning the correct headers.


> The Fix:
> var img_src = ......;
> var my_img = new Image(1,1);
> my_img.onload = function() {}
> my_img.src = img_src;
> 
> Here's the REALLY interesting point: I can replace 'onload' with
> 'onerror' and it works. But if I do not have that onload or onerror,
> I do not get the image request in my logs.

This side effect of adding a handler is probably coincidental and 
unreliable (it may change in the next minor version of IE7).

  -Tom

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