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Timeline for When to use OpenWeb() vs RootWeb

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Aug 13, 2011 at 6:46 comment added Bernd Rickenberg You can find more information on the topic why you should not use SPSite.RootWeb in a using statement here: blogs.msdn.com/b/rogerla/archive/2008/10/04/…
Aug 12, 2011 at 16:16 comment added Rob D'Oria You could, but I would probably check to see if the Url I used to create the SPSite object equals SPSite.RootWeb.Url first...if it doesn't then go with OpenWeb()...it it does then use RootWeb.
Aug 12, 2011 at 16:08 comment added Meyer Denney What is you are creating a workflow and you don't know if it will be the main site or a subsite. Would it be wise to always go with example two in that case?
Aug 12, 2011 at 15:53 vote accept Meyer Denney
Aug 11, 2011 at 23:49 history answered Rob D'Oria CC BY-SA 3.0