You can use the metadata plugin to get this pretty easily. Example:
<script src="../scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" language="javascript"
type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../scripts/jquery.metadata.pack.js" language="JavaScript"
type="text/javascript"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("._edit").click(function(){
var md = $(this).metadata();
alert(md.rowid);
});
});
</script>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="javascript:;" class="_edit {rowid:'1'}">Edit</a><br/>
<a href="javascript:;" class="_edit {rowid:'2'}">Edit</a><br/>
<a href="javascript:;" class="_edit {rowid:'3'}">Edit</a><br/>
</body>
