[jQuery] Help preventing click

[Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com]

I have 6 links , each loads a form into its respective div. How can I
disable the links if one of the 6 is clicked preventing a user from opening
up 6 forms at once?
 
I have 
$('a[class^="edit_"]').unbind('click');
which stops the click from working but once the form is submitted i now need
to enable the click function again to those links.
 
I added 
$('a[class^="edit_"]').bind('click'); but that does nothing.
 
Suggestions? Am i missing something?
 
Dave