How to open a link and send to it a post request?

How to open a link and send to it a post request?

Hi to all!
I was guessing if it was possible, using jQuery, to have a link that, when clicked, opens the relative url and sends to it a post request.
I'm trying to do this with the $.post function, but i found the problem that the request is sent, but the page isn't opened.
This is my code:
<html>
  <head>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
   <!--<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>-->
    <script type="text/javascript">
   
   $(document).ready(function(){
      
      $("a").click(function(event) {
         event.preventDefault();
         $.post("passdataj2.php", {"name":"myName"});
      })
   })
   
    </script>

  </head>
  <body>
   
   <a href="#">Link to passdataj2.php passing a POST request</a>
   
  </body>
</html>