rollover profile pic?, can it be done Options

[kingofswords]

I am rather new to css and am only an amateur at javascript, so is there a way to make my profile pic a rollover? i want it to flip vertically when you rollover it. i can get it to flip but i cant get it to do it on hover i have tried:

#xpprofileimage a:hover{
filter:flipv;
}

table.left img:hover{
filter:flipv;
}

and

body.getElementById('xpprofileimage').style.filter='flipv';

and the syntaxes were all right because when i removed the ':hover's and replaced getelementbyid with body and they all worked, just never on mouse over. I have tried bunches of suggestions from friends but nothing works. PLEASE HELP