theres this here http://www.ngcoders.com/pquery/demos/ajax/
coded like so inside a document ready: setInterval(function() { $.ajax({url: "index.php?task=ajaxtime&rnd="+new Date().getTime()+"", success: function(response){$("#idtime").html(response);}, dataType: "html"}) },1000) I think the jquery spy plugin might be helpful in achieving your goal http://leftlogic.com/lounge/articles/jquery_spy2/ 2008/9/8 Jochen Kaechelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I often use rails' "periodically_call_remote" to update a div for > example and render a partial with the newest database entries. > > How will the JQuery way look like? > > Thanx > > > > > >