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Getting “ows_MetaInfo” Nicely with SPServices

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by Marc

June 30, 2011

I know that I’m going to look for this tip again, so this post is as much as a “note to self” as anything else, though I expect that others will use it, too.

One of the streams I watch with HootSuite is a plain old search for “SPServices”. It’s useful for me to see what people are saying about SPServices (this one and not that one) and I occasionally retweet the good stuff.

I spotted a great tip from Steve Ottenad (@sottenad) yesterday about displaying the MetaInfo from list items nicely. It’s so simple, yet as far as I know, undocumented.


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@sottenad
Steve Ottenad

Simply add Properties="True" to your CAMLViewFields, like so:

CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields Properties='True' />",

Thanks, Steve!

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2 comments

  1. Anonymous

    June 30, 2011 at 4:54 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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    What data is generally stored in this field? I see the Item ID, but that’s it.

    1. Marc

      June 30, 2011 at 5:22 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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      I’d be really surprised if all you see in MetaInfo is the ID. I see at least a dozen values there on a regular basis. Here’s an example:

      ows_MetaInfo='58;#vti_parserversion:SR|12.0.0.6421
vti_lmt:SW|Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:42:52 GMT
Order:DW|5800.00000000000
ContentTypeId:SW|0x01010077FE74FF93862D419170F4A09DD0BBC5
vti_ct:SW|Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:42:52 GMT
vti_lat:SW|Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:34:58 GMT
TestColumn:SW|bar
vti_sourcecontrolmultiuserchkoutby:VR|MYDOMAIN\\\\marc
ContentType:SW|Document
vti_lastheight:IX|286
vti_author:SR|MYDOMAIN\\marc
vti_lastwidth:IX|641
vti_winfileattribs:SW|00000000
vti_modifiedby:SR|MYDOMAIN\\marc
'

      M.

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