Jquery dont allow button to be pressed

Question

If i have a button pressed method like this:

$('#next').click(function () {
});

How can i stop this method being initiated whilst its running. Say the method takes 5 seconds to run and someone clicks it 3 seconds in it breaks so i want to make the div thats being clicked unclickable while the methods running.

Answer 1

$('#next').click(function () { 
   $(this).attr("disabled", "disabled"); 
   stuffff
   $(this).attr("disabled", ""); 
});

Answer 2

Replace the clicked link with <p>loading...</p>

Answer 3

You can use "disabled" to disable the button while your execution, as like byron said