I think in this case it is better to use event delegation, e.g. set up a single handler on the parent table element and handle the click here. You can get to the clicked cell via e.target.
--Klaus On Mar 28, 5:25 pm, Leeoniya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i need to bind a click function to several thousand table cells. would making > an external function be better than specifying an anonymous one > inline?...i'm afraid that with the inline version it would make as many > function instances as there are table cells...correct me if i'm wrong. > > thanks, > Leon > -- > View this message in > context:http://www.nabble.com/bind%28%29-and-thousands-of-%3Ctd%3E-elements--... > Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com.