Hi,

> > I was under the impression that descendant:: and // are
> > exactly the same.
>
> No. "// is short for /descendant-or-self::node()/"
> <http://localhost/TR/xpath/#path-abbrev>.

That should of course be <http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#path-abbrev>. Sorry.

Cheers,

Jarno - Madam Zu: March 2004