Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) is an XML-based language that is used in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation to define the fields and views that are used in sites and lists.

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CAML vs LINQ vs SQL

So LINQ is a front end to CAML so of course CAML is faster, and CAML is a front end to SQL so of course SQL is faster. However what would be a good test to see where and when to use each of these on ...
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Web service based CAML query breaks 5,000 item limit

I have a CAML query of the form shown below which is called via the Sharepoint web service interface to search the entire Sharepoint site containing 600,000 documents looking for documents: ...
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is querying a perticular folder faster?

I have a folder in document library if I get the folder from folder collection of the document library and only query the items inside that folder will it work faster then querying a whole library ...
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CrossListQueryInfo\SPSiteDataQuery how to skip items with specific WebId?

Customer wants to see 10 news items from all webs on front page. Also customer wants to specify some news that we should skip. I am trying to do next thing: var id =1; <Neq><FieldRef ...
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Querying a simple list with a 'User' column, using CAML

I'm having some trouble getting a CAML Query working against a very simple list. My custom list has the fields: Person : User Date : Date Amount : Lookup My query looks like this: <Query> ...