<html> <head> <title>index</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script language="javascript" src="embed_innerHTML.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.min.js"></script> <script language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $(".testClick").click(function () { var value = $(this).attr("href"); alert(value ); }); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/jquery-1.4.2.js"></script> <link href="auditvedascss.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <a href="ID=1&&abcd=44" class="testClick">Test1.</a> <br /> <a href="ID=2" class="testClick">Test2.</a> <br /> <a href="ID=3" class="testClick">Test3.</a> <div id=mydiv"></div> </body> This programs helps me to get ID of href. However on click opens up a new page (which i donot want ) instead i want to show a div mydiv with data /output of abcd.php where ID=1 (or whatever)