Ajax Record Getter

<div id="table_holder">

	<table>
		<tr>...etc
	</table>

</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
//when the document is ready do this function
new_ad_timer = setInterval("update_ads()", 10000);
//every 10 seconds call the update_ads function
});

function update_ads() {
	$("#table_holder").load("getAds.php", {category: 2, sub_cat:5}, function(){
		//translates to get the element with id table_holder and load into it the echoed results of the getAds php page
		//when we call getAds.php we are sending two post vars $_POST['category'] and $_POST['sub_cat'] (if something like that is useful)
		//when the content has been loaded into the div element do a simple alert
		alert("table updated");
	});
}
</script>