Fastest way to retrieve an item by title?

Question

Currently I am using a foreach loop to find the item I want by its title using the following code:

                SPList list = web.Lists.TryGetList("DocumentLibrary");
                foreach (SPListItem item in list.Items)
                {
                    if (item.Title == "Title")
                        return true;
                }

Is there a faster way to do this? Perhaps a CAML query?

Answer 1

You can also use SPQuery and a CAML query, like below. I also agree with what Dave Wise said about PortalSiteMapProvider class.

SPQuery query = new SPQuery();
query.Query = "<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name=\"Title\" /><Value Type=\"Text\">YourTitle</Value></Eq></Where>";
query.RowLimit = 1;
query.ViewFields = "";
SPListItemCollection items = list.GetItems(query);
SPListItem item = items[0];

Answer 2

The PortalSiteMapProvider is the fastest way to access content and you should be able to do what you need with that.