Javascript timer that restarts on key up?

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Published on 2010-03-22T12:16:51Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 12:21 UTC
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O, so i have a 'live search' ajax search, which currently runs an sql search (via ajax) on each key up.

What i would prefer is to:

run an sql search after a key has not been pressed for say 800 milliseconds

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So i want to have a timer that is started on key up, if the timer reaches 800ms then the ajax is called, if a new keyup event occurs the timer is restarted

how would i do this?

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