How to get a table cell value using jQuery

Question

I am trying to get the td values using jQuery for a table I have no control over. There is an excellent example posted on this site, but it references one column not multiple ones within each tr.

I also don't have an id for the table or rows... only a class=columndata for the td.

$('#mytable tr').each(function() {
    var customerId = $(this).find("td").eq(2).html();    
}

will get the single td of a fixed tr?

Here is my table data:

<tr valign="top">
    <td class="columnaction" valign="center">
        <img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" />
        <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="columnactionlink" onclick="return doAccept('599577', '1', '','');" alt="Accept">Accept</a>
    </td>
    <td class="columndata">Message</td>
    <td class="columndata">Test</td>
    <td class="columndata"></td>
    <td class="columndata"></td>
    <td class="columndata">04/09/2011 23:59</td>
    <td class="columndata">04/09/2011</td>
    <td class="columndata">05/12/2011 07:00</td>
    <td class="columndata">05/13/2011 07:00</td>
    <td class="columndata"></td>
    <td class="columndata">Doe, Jeffrey A. (xx)</td>
    <td class="columndata">913014405580</td>
    <td class="columndata">Skip</td>
    <td class="columndata">04/09/2011 16:37</td>
    <td class="columndata">C</td>
    <td class="columndata">Doe,J</td>
    <td class="columndata">04/09/2011 16:37</td>
    <td class="columndata">04/09/2011 23:59</td>
    <td class="columndata">04/09/2011 16:34</td>
</tr>

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Answer 1

This is the selector you need:

$('#mytable tbody tr td:nth-child(2)')