JQ mouseover keeps firing AJAX GET -- how to make it fire once?

[Bobafart]

I put my mouse over the element and my JQ .mouseover keeps firing loading my AJAX script over and over again like a crack addict on LSD. How do you make it fire once?

			$("#swapImage").mouseover(function(){
				// get input string from the input field
				var inputString = $('#swapImageValue').val();
				//alert( $('#swapImageValue').val() );
				// post data to our php processing page
				$.ajax({
				   type: "GET",
				   url: "ajax_loadankleligaments.php",
				   data: "mysearchString="+inputString,
				   success: function(data){
					if(data.length >0) {
						$('#swapImage').html(data);
					}
				   }
				 });				 
			});

any help?

[tomws]

Check the documentation for mouseover.

Mouseover fires when the pointer moves into or out from child element, while mouseenter does't.

You might rather be interested in the hover() event.