SPList.GetDistinctFieldValues method

NOTE: This API is now obsolete.

Returns a two-dimensional object that represents an array of field values in which data duplication within a specified field in the list is eliminated and each value returned is unique.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ObsoleteAttribute("Use SPList.GetItems(SPQuery) instead.")> _
Public Function GetDistinctFieldValues ( _
    field As SPField, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef columnItems As Object(,) _
) As UInteger
'Usage
Dim instance As SPList
Dim field As SPField
Dim columnItems As Object(,)
Dim returnValue As UInteger

returnValue = instance.GetDistinctFieldValues(field, _
    columnItems)

[ObsoleteAttribute("Use SPList.GetItems(SPQuery) instead.")]
public uint GetDistinctFieldValues(
    SPField field,
    out Object[,] columnItems
)

Parameters

• field
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPField

  A SPField object that represents the field from which the duplicates are to be removed.

• columnItems
  Type: [,]

  A two-dimensional object array that is passed as an out parameter and that returns the values.

Return value

Type: System.UInt32
Returns an UInt32 An unsigned 32-bit integer that specifies the number of field values represented in the array.

Exceptions

See also

Reference

SPList class

SPList members

Microsoft.SharePoint namespace

GetItems(SPQuery)