Can be get desired column from share point list? - vb.net

Question

I am using the following Caml Query to get data from a share point list.
oSb.Append(" <OrderBy>")
oSb.Append(" <FieldRef Name=""Title"" />")
oSb.Append(" </OrderBy>")
But this query is giving me all columns of list.
Is there any way to get only desired column from a share point list using Caml Query?
Please help me.

Answer 1

Take a look at the MSDN article about View Fields. You can specify those fields before running your CAML query.
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://localhost"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{
// Build a query.
SPQuery query = new SPQuery();
query.Query = string.Concat(
"<Where><Eq>",
"<FieldRef Name='Status'/>",
"<Value Type='CHOICE'>Not Started</Value>",
"</Eq></Where>",
"<OrderBy>",
"<FieldRef Name='DueDate' Ascending='TRUE' />",
"<FieldRef Name=’Priority’ Ascending='TRUE' />",
"</OrderBy>");
query.ViewFields = string.Concat(
"<FieldRef Name='AssignedTo' />",
"<FieldRef Name='LinkTitle' />",
"<FieldRef Name='DueDate' />",
"<FieldRef Name='Priority' />");
query.ViewFieldsOnly = true; // Fetch only the data that we need.
// Get data from a list.
string listUrl = web.ServerRelativeUrl + "/lists/tasks";
SPList list = web.GetList(listUrl);
SPListItemCollection items = list.GetItems(query);
// Print a report header.
Console.WriteLine("{0,-25} {1,-20} {2,-25} {3}",
"Assigned To", "Task", "Due Date", "Priority");
// Print the details.
foreach (SPListItem item in items)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0,-25} {1,-20} {2,-25} {3}",
item["AssignedTo"], item["LinkTitle"], item["DueDate"], item["Priority"]);
}
}