Send AJAX on click, but still go to URL of href
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I am attempting the following:

When a user clicks on a link, I want to update a specific column of a specific table on database via AJAX.  BUT I still want the user to be re-directed to the href="<url>" of the link.  

I tried JQuery without "return false;" but then the AJAX doesn't work.

I tried with "return false;" but then the page obviously doesnt redirect to url like i want.


Thanks in advance for your help.