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

Answer 1

// Enable/Disable All Checkboxes

$('#checkbox').click(function() {

    var checked = $(this).attr('checked');
    var checkboxes = '.checkboxes input[type=checkbox]';

    if (checked) {
        $(this).attr('checked','checked');
        $(checkboxes).attr('disabled','true');
    } else {
        $(this).removeAttr('checked');
        $(checkboxes).removeAttr('disabled');
    }
});