setInterval update ajax column unless mouseover
<p>I have a column in my web design, which is periodically refreshed by a JS function "refreshColumn()" and updated by AJAX.</p>

<pre><code>setInterval('refreshColumn()',60000);

function refreshColumn() {
..make call with AJAX and load response to element...
document.getElementById('myColumn').innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
}
</code></pre>

<p>This is okay, however, it's not very practical when my user is actually using that column and it refreshes on them!</p>

<p>Is it possible to modify what I have already, to incorporate an 'onmouseover' event that will stop the function from running the AJAX and refreshing the column, and 'onmouseout' allows the script to refresh again?</p>
