Or Element (Query)

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Used within the Where element to group filters in a query.

<Or>
</Or>

Attributes

Attribute	Description
None	N/A

Child Elements

And, BeginsWith, Contains, DateRangesOverlap, Eq, Geq, Gt, IsNotNull, IsNull, Leq, Lt, Membership, Neq, Or

Parent Elements

And, Or, Where

Occurrences

Minimum: 0 Maximum: Unbounded

Remarks

This element can be nested inside other Or and And elements. The server supports unlimited complicated queries.

Example

The following example performs a query for cases in which values of the Status field either do not equal Completed or are null. The results are sorted in descending order according to the Modified field.

<Query>
  <OrderBy>
    <FieldRef Name="Modified" Ascending="FALSE"></FieldRef>
  </OrderBy>
  <Where>
    <Or>
      <Neq>
        <FieldRef Name="Status"></FieldRef>
        <Value Type="Text"></Value>
      </Neq>
      <IsNull>
        <FieldRef Name="Status"></FieldRef>
      </IsNull>
    </Or>
  </Where>
</Query>