Question

As it says in the title I want to have a button/link that when clicked it adds a number to a table in a database but stays on the same page without refreshing the page. It would also be nice if it said “Thanks” after clicking.

I was thinking that I could use some sort of JavaScript thing to do it.

I am using C# and aspx.

Answer 1

Yes, you can do this with an AJAX postback.

With jquery:

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

Depending on your server-side framework, your back-end method may have to be setup slightly differently. Here’s one example using webforms.

You can update the success or complete callback method of the ajax call to update the DOM or alert('Thanks') for completed behavior, too.