How do I manage with dynamic id's

Question

I am automating a test case, where I need to focus on a link, then I have to click on a element say element id looks like //table[@id='562']/tbody/tr/td[2]/img, but the value inside quotes that is 562 is keep changing how can i find out and click that element. Please can any body help me.

Answer 1

Have you tried this:

element.onclick = function(){
  alert(this.id);
};

Answer 2

Write the same value out to a variable and use that to find the element.