jquery get href in children()

Question

  alert($(this).children().next().html());

returns

  <a href="thelink.php?id=XXXX">click me...</a>

How do I change above statement to grab only the href?

Have tried attr('href') but can't get it to work.

(Yes, jq-noob and no time.)

//edit - code added:

<div class="row">
  <div class="date">
    <h2>27</h2>
    <h3>dec</h3>
  </div>
  <h2><a href="/wpb/index.php?id=4192#4199">the title..</a></h2>
  <p>the description...</p>
</div>

jq invoked by:
$("#threecol .row").click(function() {  
  alert($(this).children().next().href);
});

regards,

Answer 1

Find the attribute value using .attr('href').

EDIT: The first anchor within a H2:

alert($(this).find('h2 a:first').attr('href'));

You could also reference it via a class if you prefer and use the class in your anchor.

alert($(this).find('.myLink').attr('href'));