<div id="load" style="display:none"><img src="ajax-loader.gif"/></div>
function getData(p){
var page=p;
document.getElementById("load").style.display = "block"; // show the loading message.
$.ajax({
url: "loadData.php?id=<? echo $id; ?>",
type: "POST",
cache: false,
data: "&page="+ page,
success : function(html){
$(".content").html(html);
document.getElementById("load").style.display = "none";
}
});