On Friday 04 August 2006 3:55 am, Robert Klemme wrote:
> Can anyone recommend http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xpathpointer ?

No, not really. I think it's much easier to learn XPath (an incredibly 
powerful language once you get your head around it) in a more practical 
environment (probably XSLT or XQuery). Quite a few of the XSLT books 
have good introductions to XPath. I quite like the new edition of the 
XSLT Cookbook, which has a section comparing XPath1 and XPath2, but 
this may not cover enough of the basics for some folks.

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xsltckbk2/

(Note: Our first edition general XSLT book is being revised presently, 
so I'd wait for the new edition)

HTH,
Keith