// delay in between
var refreshrate = 1000;

// the loading element
function loading() {
         document.getElementById("resultsdata").innerHTML =
         "<b>Loading...</b>"
         }

function showresults(data) {
         // loading();
         // setTimeout ('runajax("resultsdata", "includes/showresults.inc.php?search=" + data)', refreshrate);
        runajax("resultsdata", "includes/showresults.inc.php?search=" + data);
        }