I have a default image loaded into an img tag with an id of "specialImage".
I also have a select box which displays a list of vehicles. The value of
each option is a filename (75682.jpg, 75123.jpg, etc.).
 
When the user selects a vehicle, I want to change the src of the img tag but
I'm running into a few issues that I'm not sure how to get around.
 
1) Because I'm not using an AJAX call, I don't know if the file actually
exists on the server. A few images are then showing as broken which is a big
no no.
 
2) The images being loaded in aren't huge, but they might be 40k or so.
Because I'm simply changing the src, I can't display a loading image while
the requested image is loading.
 
Are there ways around this? I'm thinking I could do an AJAX call to get the
response headers for the file. When I trigger the AJAX call, I'd display the
loading image. Then, if the response comes back 200, then I can display the
actual file, if not, I can display a "no image available" image.
 
Any thoughts on this method? Is there a better way to do this?
 
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