Add values to lookupmulti field in c#

Question

I want to add values to a lookupmulti field with c#. the form shows the field correctly but my code just won't work:

SPList list = SPContext.Current.Web.Lists["testlist"];
SPListItem item = list.GetItemById(someId);
SPFieldLookupValueCollection fieldValues = new SPFieldLookupValueCollection();
foreach(int id in itemIds) {
   fieldValues.Add(new SPFieldLookupValue {LookupId = id});
}
item["lookupmultifield"] = fieldValues;

The code above is not exactly my code, but it's how i thought it should work. FieldValues has 2 entries, but only the first is inserted in the lookupmulti field. can anyone help?

Answer 1

here's a code fragment that's similar but 'list.Items.Add() & item.Update()' are missing from your code

SPList list = SPContext.Current.Web.Lists["testlist"];  
SPListItem item = list.Items.Add();  
SPFieldLookupValueCollection fieldValues = new
SPFieldLookupValueCollection();

fieldValues.Add (new SPFieldLookupValue(1, "SomeValue1"));  // add other field values or in loop

item["lookupmultiField"] = fieldValues;
item.Update();  

Answer 2

I'm not sure, but there are 2 constructors for SPFieldLookupValue class:

SPFieldLookupValue(String) // Initializes a new instance of the SPFieldLookupValue class that is based on the specified field value.
SPFieldLookupValue(Int32, String) // Initializes a new instance of the SPFieldLookupValue class that is based on the specified lookup identifier (ID) and value.

It looks like you should specify Id and Value of related objects...

Answer 3

i wrote Mult="True" instead of Mult="TRUE"

I should not listen to VS 2010 intellisense