Disable all check boxes inside a table with jquery

Question

I need to disable all the check boxes inside a table cell when clicking on a hyperlink inside the same table.

I'm using the following jquery code to select all the check boxes nested inside the table.

$el = $(this).parents('table:eq(0)')[0].children('input[type="checkbox"]');
$($el).attr('checked', true);

For some reason this piece of code is not working.

Can anyone show me how to fix it?

Answer 1

$('table input[type=checkbox]').attr('disabled','true');

if you have an id for the table

$('table#ID input[type=checkbox]').attr('disabled','true');