I'm attempting to pull a list from SharePoint via CAML and I want the list returned ordered by a specific field. The field is a lookup field. The query comes back unordered when I set the OrderBy to be the lookup field, if I use a text field it's fine.
The U2U CAML query builder will return this query ordered when I build it in the editor.
Here's a code snippet of how I build and execute the query:
String baseQuery = "<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='paApproved' /><Value Type='Boolean'>1</Value></Eq></Where><OrderBy><FieldRef Name='paState' Ascending='True' LookupValue='TRUE' /></OrderBy></Query>";
qStates.Query = baseQuery;
SPListItemCollection byState = web.Lists["paUpdates"].GetItems(qStates);
The rest is a for loop that parses the collection and displays it. I can post that if necessary.
Here's the SOAP call made by the CAML query tool, I scraped it from the HTTP stream with wireshark.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body>
<GetListItems xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">
<listName>paUpdates</listName>
<query>
<Query xmlns="">
<Where>
<Eq>
<FieldRef Name="paApproved" />
<Value Type="Boolean">1</Value>
</Eq>
</Where>
<OrderBy>
<FieldRef Name="paState" Ascending="False" />
</OrderBy>
</Query>
</query>
<viewFields>
<ViewFields xmlns="" />
</viewFields>
<queryOptions>
<QueryOptions xmlns="" />
</queryOptions>
</GetListItems>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
For whatever reason the CAML query tool works, my code doesn't. Anyone know why? Thanks in advance.
Edited to reflect the code I'm actually testing. I had some code that had incorrect values.
The code sample you posted doesn't match the wireshark query:
<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='paApproved' /><Value Type='Boolean'>1</Value></Eq></Where><OrderBy><FieldRef Name='Title' Ascending='True' /></OrderBy></Query>
Should be:
<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="paApproved" /><Value Type="Boolean">1</Value></Eq></Where><OrderBy><FieldRef Name="paState" Ascending="False" /></OrderBy>
You don't need the <Query></Query>
elements (see here for an example).