You can use the attribute filters: $('table tr[data*=id:4]')
http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors - ricardo On Sep 29, 2:23 pm, me-and-jQuery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am searching the web and documentation and still can't find a > working solution. > > I have a table which rows has also id with metadata, for example <tr > data="{id:4}"> > > And now I want to select row with id 4. I was trying many ways but no > success for now. For example: > > $.metadata.setType("attr", "data") > $("table tr.id:4").metadata().remove(); > > Anyway, is this possible with metadata at all? Thanks for any help.