[jQuery] attaching events to large table

[Josh Bush]

I have a table that has 1,000 rows and I'm trying to bind a function
to the click event of each row.  This can be quite slow the way I'm
currently doing it.  Here is an example my my current process:

        this.find(settings.selector).click(function(){selectRow(this);});

        function selectRow(row){
                if(row && !jQuery(row).is("."+settings.selectedClass)){
                        table.find(settings.selector
+"."+settings.selectedClass).removeClass(settings.selectedClass);
                        jQuery(row).addClass(settings.selectedClass);
                        if(settings.selectFunction)
                                settings.selectFunction(row);
                }
        }

settings.selector = "tbody tr",  this=table = $("#test"),
settings.selectedClass="selected", settings.selectFunction =null

This can take 8 seconds or more and will cause IE to display the long
running script dialog on my test machine.

So, now my question.  Since I need to do an action on the click event
of each row, is it best to bind a function to each row separately, or
is there someway to bind a function to the click event of tbody and
then figure out the row somehow?

Also, does anybody see anything stupid with the code above that would
invoke such a slowdown?

Thank you in advance
Josh