Issue with setTimeout in ajax based polling using jquery
<p>In my code i need to poll a url after every 5 seconds using ajax . The URL returns a json response. Below is the code that i wrote inside $(document).ready to do this. But,the setTimeout() function does not work. The startPoll() function is called immediately after the response is received.I want to halt for 5 seconds after response is received before calling the startPoll function again . Any way to fix this ?</p>

<pre><code>$(document).ready(function(){


   var startPoll = function() {
      $.post('&lt;url&gt;', {},onPollRequestComplete, 'json');

   }

   var onPollRequestComplete = function(response) {

     responseObject = eval(response);

     if(responseObject.success) {
      //Do something here
     }

     setTimeout(startPoll(),5000); /*Make next polling request after 5 seconds*/   

}

startPoll();

});
</code></pre>

<p>Thank You</p>
