SharePoint: How to get Top 5 records by using CAML query from a list

Question

I have already created a webpart to show the data from list, but I really want is to only show top 5 records from that list (by using CAML query).

Does anyone know h

Answer 1

The below code shows top 5 records from the list (by using CAML query).

SPQuery spQuery = new SPQuery();
spQuery.Query = "<OrderBy><FieldRef Name='ID' Ascending='FALSE'/></OrderBy>";
spQuery.RowLimit = 5;

Answer 2

If you want to construct other simply caml queries try this tool. http://www.camldesigner.com/

P.s. tool doesn`t construct a "paginate" caml queries with SPListItemCollectionPosition.

Answer 3

You could set the RowLimit property of your SPQuery object.

The <RowLimit> tag is in the schema definition of a view (direct child of <View>) and therefore cannot be nested inside a <Query> tag.