Chapter 1Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) Primer

IN THIS CHAPTER

The Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) is used in SharePoint to query lists and help with the creation and customization of sites. After you start digging deeper, programming is almost a required skill set that can help you easily get data from SharePoint. This chapter shows you how to create CAML queries to extract data from lists.

The CAML Language

The CAML language has been associated with SharePoint since the first version, SharePoint 2001, and SharePoint Team Services. It is based on a defined Extensible Markup Language (XML) document that will help you perform a data manipulation ...

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