I have already created a webpart to show the data from list, but I really want is to only show top 5 records from that list (by using CAML query).
Does anyone know how to do this? Many thanks.
<Query>
<OrderBy>
<FieldRef Name='ID' Ascending='False' />
</OrderBy>
</Query>
You could set the RowLimit property of your SPQuery object.
The <RowLimit>
tag is in the schema definition of a view (direct child of <View>
) and therefore cannot be nested inside a <Query>
tag.
The below code shows top 5 records from the list (by using CAML query).
SPQuery spQuery = new SPQuery();
spQuery.Query = "<OrderBy><FieldRef Name='ID' Ascending='FALSE'/></OrderBy>";
spQuery.RowLimit = 5;
If you want to construct other simply caml queries try this tool.
http://www.camldesigner.com/
P.s. tool doesn`t construct a "paginate" caml queries with SPListItemCollectionPosition.