Is it possible to create a page showing database content in real time, updating without reload page in Drupal 7?

Question

I have my custom module in Drupal and my custom page showing the content of a table of my own database. It is possible to refresh the content without reload page every X second? I need to know if it possible for I would want to save time trying to do something that is not possible.

Answer 1

You can use AJAX to reload the content of an element in the page every X seconds.

Since Drupal already includes jQuery you could do something like :

window.setInterval(function() {
  $('#myContentDiv').load('/url/to/my/database/content.php');
},timeInMilliseconds);