<table id="table_1">
<thead></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>sometext</td>
<td class="editlink"><a href="/linkid444">edit</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sometext2</td>
<td class="editlink"><a href="/linkid555">edit</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</tfoot></tfoot>
</table>

$(document).ready(function(){
$("#table_1").delegate("tr", "click", function(){
var linkdata = $(this).closest('tr').find('.editlink').attr("href");
alert(linkdata);
});
});