onclick add count to a row field

Quick and hopefully easy question...

Is it possible to click on a link, and have that click add a count to a field in a row? I basically want a field named "counter", and each time the link is clicked have it add 1 to the count in that field.

I forgot to mention that the link will already be passing a "$id" to another page. Can the 2 be combined?

on the page you reach when you click on the link ,you could use

mysql_query("Update tablename set counter=counter+1");

Yes, I'm doing that now. I didn't know if a link_type system would be more effective or practical, if even possible, so thats why I thought I'd ask. Thanks