Retrieving Items from a SharePoint List with subfolders using CAML Filtering

When you run a CAML query to retrieve items from a SharePoint list, make sure that your CAML query tag does not include the <Query></Query> tags.  When you include this tag, the filters are disregarded and you will retrieve the entire list

e.g.

A caml query like this

<Query>

<Where>

<Eq>

<FieldRef Name=’Title’>

<Value Type=’Text>Title.xml</Value>

</Query>

Will not retrieve the list item.

Remove the <Query></Query> tags and you should be able to retrieve the results according to the filter specified.

Here is a sample