CAML Query with ECMA script, ORDERBY not working

Question

Hi, I'm trying to get this CAML query to order by created date.  Seems like no matter what I do, it shows me the oldest items first.  Here's my code:
function retrieveListItemsInclude() {
    var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext();
    var oList = clientContext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle('NewsItems');
    var camlQuery = new SP.CamlQuery();
    camlQuery.set_viewXml('<View><Query><Where><Neq><FieldRef Name=\'Deleted\' /><Value Type=\'Integer\'>1</Value></Neq></Where><OrderBy><FieldRef Name=\'Created\' Ascending=\'FALSE\'/></OrderBy></Query><RowLimit>10</RowLimit><ViewFields><FieldRef
Name=\'Title\'/><FieldRef Name=\'Link\'/><FieldRef Name=\'Description\'/><FieldRef Name=\'PubDate\'/><FieldRef Name=\'Source\'/><FieldRef Name=\'Topics\'/><FieldRef Name=\'ImageTag\'/><FieldRef Name=\'ImageSource\'/><FieldRef
Name=\'Created\'/></ViewFields></View>');
    this.collListItem = oList.getItems(camlQuery);
    clientContext.load(collListItem, 'Include(Title, Link, Description, PubDate, Source, Topics, ImageTag, ImageSource, Created)');
    clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));
I tried ordering my ID, Created or Created_x0020_Date, and none of it changes the output at all.
As a related question, how do I debug this CAML query?  Are there any tools? 

Answer 1

Hi,
Please change the CAML query as below:
<where><neq><fieldref name=\'Deleted\' /><value type=\'Number\'>1</value></neq></where>
The following code for your reference:
string siteURL = "http://siteURL/";
string listName = "CustomList";
ClientContext context = new ClientContext(siteURL);
//specific user
NetworkCredential credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password", "domain");
context.Credentials = credentials;
List oList = context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle(listName);
CamlQuery camlQuery = new CamlQuery();
camlQuery.ViewXml = "<view><query><where><neq><fieldref name=\'Deleted\' /><value type=\'Number\'>1</value></neq></where><orderby><fieldref name=\'Created\' ascending=\'False\' /></orderby></query><rowlimit>10</rowlimit></view>";
ListItemCollection collListItem = oList.GetItems(camlQuery);
context.Load(collListItem);
context.ExecuteQuery();
foreach (ListItem oListItem in collListItem)
Console.WriteLine("ID: {0}", oListItem.Id);
If the issue still exists, please check the "Deleted" field type.
Here is a CAML query tool for your reference.
http://spcamlqueryhelper.codeplex.com/ 
Thanks,
Dennis Guo
TechNet Community Support
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