/Main/SPALM.SharePointSoftwareFactory/Snippets/CSharp/SharePoint Software Factory 2010/ListItems/Create a list item (Optimized).snippet

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      <Title>Create a list item (Optimized)</Title>

      <Author>Ayman El-Hattab http://ayman-elhattab.blogspot.com

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      <Description>

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        <Literal Editable="true">

          <ID>MyTitle</ID>

          <ToolTip>MyTitle</ToolTip>

          <Default>MyTitle</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

        </Literal>

        <Literal Editable="true">

          <ID>EmptyQuery</ID>

          <ToolTip>EmptyQuery</ToolTip>

          <Default>EmptyQuery</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

        </Literal>

        <Object Editable="true">

          <ID>q</ID>

          <ToolTip>q</ToolTip>

          <Default>query</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

          <Type>SPQuery</Type>

        </Object>

        <Object Editable="true">

          <ID>item</ID>

          <ToolTip>SPListItem</ToolTip>

          <Default>item</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

          <Type>SPListItem</Type>

        </Object>

      </Declarations>

      <Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[

const string $EmptyQuery$ = "0";

            SPQuery $q$ = new SPQuery();

            $q$.Query = $EmptyQuery$;

            SPListItem $item$ = list.GetItems($q$).Add();

            $item$["Title"] = "$MyTitle$";

            $item$.Update();

            // Do not use SPList.Items.Add as this will get all items in the list before adding a new SPListItem.  ( Thanks to Rob Garret )

      

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