Todays problem involved refreshing an image after uploading using a FileUpload control. The issue was that although the file was changing on the server, the file name was staying the same. This results in the browser displaying the old file as it is being retrieved by the browsers cache. To avoid this problem you need to add a unique querystring parameter to the image url. You can achieve this with the following code:

string lsTimeStamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddhhmmss");
Image1.ImageUrl = lsImageName + "?ts=" + lsTimeStamp;

I came across a problem today with the Google Maps API failing to load in Firefox. All I was getting was a message in the status bar of the browser saying “Waiting for gg.google.com”

After a bit of messing about I discovered that if you have Firebug installed, disabling support for JavaScript debugging solves the problem.

I have finally got round to sorting out my new website. I have neglected this site for a long time and my aim is to keep this new one up to date. We will see ….