Alert the id of the parent element?

[JAB Creations]

How can I access/alert the ID of a parent element?

- John

<div id="i_want_to_alert_this_id">
<a href="javascript:alert_parent_id();">alert parent ID</a>
</div>

[coopster]

Use it's parentNode:

<div id="i_want_to_alert_this_id"> 
 <a href="" onclick="alert(this.parentNode.id)">alert parent ID</a> 
</div>

[JAB Creations]

Thanks coopster! That worked great! :)

- John