There's a custom tag at the exchange, CF_ImgMultifunction -
http://devex.allaire.com/developer/gallery/info.cfm?ID=CA34776B-2830-11D4-AA
9700508B94F380&method=Full, that I've used and has worked well for me.
Tim Bahlke
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 2:06 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Broken Images / Testing for file existence
>
>
> I have an application where I list several items on a page
> and display an
> image for that item based on a reference number (ie,
> productnum+.jpg). The
> database table does not tell me whether there is an image for
> that item
> and there are many that do have one.
>
> I'd like to display an alternate image (or nothing at all)
> when there is
> no image present, but I can't see using an <CFIF FileExists> for every
> item for 50 or so on a page. Plus, I can't even do that because I'm
> grabbing the images from a different server via http only (<IMG
> SRC="http://otherserver/path/number.jpg>)...
>
> How can I avoid displaying broken images?
>
>
> Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and
> Machine, Limited
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