In an itemupdated event receiver, when referring to list fields, is it better to use the field's internal name, or its display name?
Is there a clear guideline or best practice, or is this a subjective discussion?
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As per my suggestion, Better to use field's internal name, in future if you may rename your field that doesnot affect the field which you updating on it. because field's internal name never change so no need to update code, whereas display name changed on rename field, so you need to update the code as per you define(renamed) field name
answered Mar 18, 2014 at 4:35
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I'd say it's better still to use the field guid's, but you may not always know them and it may not always be possible to use them, so internal names as a general rule is a good alternative. Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 7:10
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I tried using internal name and keeping getting a null value for a specific column. When I use the display name, I am able to retrieve a non-null value. What gives? This is with MOSS 2007.– Web UserCommented Dec 18, 2015 at 9:00