1. php.
   
2. 
   
3. <table border="1" cellspacing="5" id="mytable">
          <tr id="main_menu" class="main_menu">
               <td id="4" class="main_category"> something  </td>     
   
4.             <td id="6" class="main_category"> something  </td>
5.             <td id="7" class="main_category"> something  </td>
6.             <td id="3" class="main_category"> something  </td>
          </tr> 
           
           </table>

jquery.

1.  $(".main_category").mouseover(function(){
         
            var menu_id = $(".main_category").attr("id");
             alert(menu_id);
          
       });

hi above are my php and jquery code. I want to get value of id when i mouseover the specific td. Suppose if i mouseover on td having id 4 then i want to alert 4 and similarly if i mouseover on td having id 6 then i want it to alert 6 and so on. But it is alerting only 4(ie. first id of the td.). how can i obtain as i wish. this is what i have tried. thanks in advanced.