CAML Query Returning too many rows

Question

I am trying to build CAML Query that pulls items from a SharePoint 2013 list with a "Status" value of "COMPLETED", but instead this query returns all list items regardless of the value of "Status". Any ideas why this is happening?

var camlQuery = new SP.CamlQuery();
camlQuery.set_viewXml(
    '<View>' +
    '<Query>' +
    '<Where>' +
    '<Geq>' +
    '<FieldRef Name=\'Status\'/>' +
    '<Value Type=\'Text\'><COMPLETED/></Value>' +
    '<RowLimit>10</RowLimit>' +
    '<Geq>' +
    '</Where>' +
    '</Query>' +
    '</View>');

Answer 1

Please check that you are putting right status value in "Value" tag - no typos, no need to do extra uppercase or lowercase. Use it just like it stored in SP. Also try to use "Contains" element in your query:

var camlQuery = new SP.CamlQuery();
camlQuery.set_viewXml(
    '<View>' +
    '<Query>' +
    '<Where>' +
    '<Contains>' +
    '<FieldRef Name=\'Status\'/>' +
    '<Value Type=\'Text\'>COMPLETED</Value>' +
    '<Contains>' +
    '</Where>' +
    '</Query>' +
    '<RowLimit>10</RowLimit>' +
    '</View>');

Good luck!