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Asked: 2026-05-10T20:48:11+00:00

I am binding an SPGridView to a SPList. As code samples suggest, I am

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I am binding an SPGridView to a SPList. As code samples suggest, I am using the following code to create a dataview based on the list. 

dim data as DataView = myList.Items.GetDataTable.DefaultView grid.DataSource = data etc...

What I am finding is that the column names in the resulting dataview do not always match the source fields defined in the SPList. For example I have columns named

  • Description
  • ReportItem

  • ReportStatus

    these show up in the resulting dataview with column names like

  • ReportType0
  • ReportStatus1

This leads me to think that I have duplicate field names defined, but that does not seem to be the case.

Seems like I am missing something fundamental here? Thanks.

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  1. The GetDataTable method is returning the internalName (or staticName — I can’t remember for sure which but they are frequently the same) representation of the columns, rather than the Title representation, which is what you see in the Web interface. I believe GetDataTable does a CAML query under the covers, and you have to use that internalName for field references in CAML.

    This blog talks about it in a little more detail.

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