div refresh without click of the button

Question

how do i make the div refresh, say after 10 secs and execute the run_query() function without clicking on the button?

<script src="scripts/ajax.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 



<div id="quote"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></div>
<div><a style="cursor:pointer" onclick="run_query()">Next quote …</a></div>

Answer 1

Use setInterval function.

setInterval(function(){run_query();}, 10000);

For the initial load you can do that from the server side code.

Answer 2

setTimeout("run_query()",10000);

Answer 3

check this article on the settimeout,setiterval will give you more idea

http://www.elated.com/articles/javascript-timers-with-settimeout-and-setinterval/