Best way to display default image if specified image file is not found?

Question

I\'ve got your average e-Commerce app, I store ITEM_IMAGE_NAME in the database, and sometimes managers MISSPELL the image name.

To avoid \"missing images\" (red X in IE

Answer 1

You can specify on the server what image should be returned for all requests to non-existent image files. That way the user can get a "2 AWESUM 2 SHO" lolcat instead of a red x.