SPServices Spring 2011 Survey Results – Part 1: Demographics

I recently did a survey asking the SPServices user community questions about how they used the library, how long they’ve used it, why, for what types of solutions, etc. I read through all of the responses, learned a few things, and promptly forgot to publish the results. There is some interesting information in the responses…

Adding jQuery+SPServices to a SharePoint Page: Step One, Always

As a follow up to my prior post Adding jQuery to a SharePoint Page: Step One, Always, here’s another step one, always, for when you are using jQuery+SPServices. Even if you have referenced the jQuery library correctly, you still may not be referencing SPServices correctly. To make sure that SPServices is referenced correctly, add this…

Updating a Lookup Column Using SharePoint’s Lists Web Service

The SPServices discussions are a fount of interesting information. I find myself answering all sorts of questions which, while connected to SPServices, are often just as much about how SharePoint works in general. I had two questions recently about how to update Lookup columns with UpdateListItems, and I thought they would be of general interest….