Shot: OWSSVR.dll and xml data

Xml data can be received not only with original Sharepoint 2010 *.SVC services, but also with Sharepoin Foundation RPC protocol.

We found interesting case yesterday, so often used format didn’t work:

http:// [site address] /_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List={1}&XMLDATA=TRUE

Situation was resolved only after adding additional parameter:

query=*

Besides, we discovered that additional parameters can be used. For example, “view” (without it default view is shown) or for  filtering values.

More information:

•  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms478653.aspx
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5423326/why-does-owssvr-dll-return-an-empty-result-for-my-list