$("#dataTable tbody").on("click", "tr", function(event){
	alert($(this).text());
});




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function notify(){
       alert("clicked"); 
}

$("button").on("click", notify);

http://api.jquery.com/on/

.on( events [, selector] [, data], handler(eventObject) )

A delegated-events approach attaches an event handler to only one element, the tbody, and the event only needs to bubble up one level (from the clicked tr to tbody):

.on() - jquery event handler

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