title: Issue in jquery ajax on download file link
body: <p>In my page i have download links to files like Documents,Audio and Video and on click of that download link i want to update hits counter in database for that i use the strategy of jquery ajax request that will update hits counter but the issue is when i click on hyperlink it call the jquery function but doesnt call my controller action and download popups appear. What may be the issue for reference im writing the code</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a att="1" href="../Abc.doc"&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;
  &lt;a att="2" href="../Abcs.wmv"&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and in jquery</p>
  
  <pre><code>  $('a').click(function () {
                      var myurl = '&lt;%= Url.Action("UpdateHits", "Media") %&gt;';
                      var id = $(this).attr('att').toString();
                      $.ajax({
                          url: myurl,
                          type: "POST",
                          data: { Id: id },
                          success: function (data) {
                              alert(data);
                          }
                      });
                  });
  </code></pre>