Geq Element (Query)

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05/05/2014

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Arithmetic operator that means "greater than or equal to." This element can be used within a Where element in a query.

<Geq>
  <FieldRef Name = "Field_Name"/>
  <Value Type = "Field_Type"/>
  <XML />
</Geq>

Attributes

Attribute	Description
None	N/A

Child Elements

FieldRef, Value, XML

Parent Elements

And, Or, Where

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: Unbounded

Remarks

Remember that Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) is case-sensitive; note the lowercase "eq" in the Geq element name.

Example

The following example queries for cases where the Expires field value either equals an empty string or is greater than or equal to the current date:

<Query>
  <Where>
    <Or>
      <IsNull>
        <FieldRef Name="Expires" />
      </IsNull>
      <Geq>
        <FieldRef Name="Expires" />
        <Value Type="DateTime">
          <Today />
        </Value>
      </Geq>
    </Or>
  </Where>
  <OrderBy>
    <FieldRef Name="Modified" Ascending="FALSE" />
  </OrderBy>
</Query>