Get the InternalName for a SharePoint List Column

ByMarc D Anderson

This comes up all the time in the SPServices Discussions on Codeplex. When you are making most Web services calls to SharePoint, you have to use the InternalName rather than the DisplayName. This is true whether you are using SPServices, CSOM, or REST. You may see the InternalName referred to as the StaticName as well….

StaticName versus DisplayName on SharePoint Lists

ByMarc D Anderson

Good old George2 asked a question over at SharePointOverflow.com about SharePoint list and column names today.  If you don’t know it, SharePointOverflow.com is an excellent site to get high-end SharePoint assistance!  I liked my response, so here it is as a blog post. When you create a column on a list, both its DisplayName and StaticName are…