SharePoint Lessons Learned

Counterintuitively, Site Columns -- probably FieldRefs inside of Content Types -- are stored in the [ContentTypes] table. Futhermore, and also counterintuitively, the site column (field) ID is stored in the [ListId] column, and the [IsFieldId] field is z… more »

SharePoint site settings GUI will not let you create a column with a display name already in use (as an existing site column, even inherited from higher level site)SharePoint site settings GUI will adjust the field's InternalName and StaticName both… more »