jQuery preventing postback on button click

Question

Hi,

How can I attach a click event to a button and prevent postback?

The code I have doesn't seem to be working.

$('#btnNext').click(function() {
        return false;
    });

Answer 1

$('#btnNext').click(function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
    });

Answer 2

See this: How to remove an event handler

And This: best way to remove an event handler in jquery?