Code Snippet: Get an Item in an External List By BdcIdentity on the Server

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

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Description
Prerequisites
Code

Description

The following code snippet shows you how to get an item by BdcIdentity from an external list.

Prerequisites

• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 on the server.

• Microsoft Visual Studio.

• At least one external content type registered in the BDC Metadata Store.

Code

using System;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

public SPListItem GetItemByBdcId (SPList list, string bdcIdentity)
{
    SPListItem myitem = null;
    foreach(SPListItem item in list.Items)
    {
        if (item["BdcIdentity"].ToString() == bdcIdentity)
        {
            myitem = item;
        }
    }
    return myitem;
}