Javascript IMAGE object question

[quantass]

A question about Javascript's IMAGE object. I'm preloading an image from a remote website into the client's web browser. I would then like to create a new visible image object onscreen and so from what i gather i must create a new <IMG> tag as follows:

<SPAN id="NewImageDisplay" />

<script>
NewImageDisplay.innerHTML+="<img src="+imgRemoteSite.src+">";
</script>

My question is once i have provided the imgRemoteSite.src which appears to be simply a URL can i remove the imgRemoteSite object by making it = NULL or other means to free up the image object? Or will this kill the cached image from the remote site making the newly appended tag useless?

Tx

[CompGeek01]

Well, everything Javascript does is client-side.. meaning you shouldn't be able to kill the server cache. Sorry my JS is really limited or I might be able to go more in depth.