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Contains element (Query)

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Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Searches for a string anywhere within a column that holds Text or Note field type values.

<Contains>
  <FieldRef Name = "Field_Name"/>
  <Value Type = "Field_Type"/>
  <XML />
</Contains>

Elements and attributes

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None

Child elements

Parent elements

Occurrences

  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: Unbounded

Example

The following example uses the Contains element within a string that is assigned to the Query property to return the titles of items where the Conference column value begins with "Morning" and contains "discussion session".

SPWeb mySite = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context);
SPList list = mySite.Lists["List_Name"];
SPQuery query = new SPQuery();
query.Query = "<Where><And><BeginsWith><FieldRef Name="Conference"/>" +
   "<Value Type="Note">Morning</Value></BeginsWith>" +
      "<Contains><FieldRef Name="Conference" />
   <Value Type="Note">discussion session</Value>" +
      "</Contains></And></Where>";
SPListItemCollection myItems = list.GetItems(query);
foreach (SPListItem item in myItems)
{
   Label1.Text += item["Title"] + "<BR>";
}

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