Powershell Command Using CMAL Query To Fetch Data From List In SharePoint 2013

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Here are the steps,

Step 1: Create SharePoint List using PowerShell.

In this example we are referencing the following SharePoint List.


Step 2:

PowerShell command to fetch data using CMAL Query which include Equal condition for matching records.

1. Firstly, create Web Object,
   
1. $sourceWebURL = "http:// sites1/Demo/"
2. $spSourceWeb = Get-SPWeb $sourceWebURL
2. Find list from web to process in next operation.
   
   1. $sourceListName = "Continents"
   2. $spSourceList = $spSourceWeb.Lists[$sourceListName]
3. Create SPQuery object and set query string to it.
   
1. $query = new - object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQuery
3. $caml = "<Where><Contains><FieldRef Name='Title'/><Value Type='Text'>" + $filename + "</Value></Contains></Where>"
5. $query.Query = $caml
4. Finally pass that SPQuery object to GetItems() to fetch matching records.
   1. $spSourceItems = $spSourceList.GetItems($query)

Final Code,

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Step 3:

PowerShell command to fetch data using CMAL Query that contains condition for matching records.
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