How to delete a large number of data in SharePoint for List when refreshing data?

Preface

Recently thequestion was asked in the newsgroups about deleting a large number of itemsfrom SharePoint (WSS) in the fastest way. I had, in one if my projects,needed to remove a large number of items from SharePoint and the best way Ifound were to use 'ProcessBatchData' as it avoided the API and was considerablyfaster.

1.     Delete Common List

1.1 CAML format

<?xml version="1.0"encoding="UTF-8"?

>
<Batch>
<Method>
  <SetListScope="Request">3010913d-9373-44ec-a799-0bf564cb0d66</SetList>
  <SetVar Name="Cmd">DELETE</SetVar>
  <SetVar Name="ID">1</SetVar>
</Method>
</Batch>

1.2  C# source code implementation

StringBuilder sbDelete = new StringBuilder();
sbDelete.Append("<?xml version="1.0"encoding="UTF-8"?><Batch>");

foreach (SPListItem item in CurrentList.Items)
{
    sbDelete.Append("<Method>");
    sbDelete.Append("<SetListScope="Request">" + CurrentList.ID +"</SetList>");
    sbDelete.Append("<SetVarName="ID">" + Convert.ToString(item.ID) +"</SetVar>");
    sbDelete.Append("<SetVarName="Cmd">Delete</SetVar>");
    sbDelete.Append("</Method>");
}

sbDelete.Append("</Batch>");

try
{
    SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb.ProcessBatchData(sbDelete.ToString());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Delete failed: " +ex.Message);
    throw;
}

2.      Delete Documentlibrary list

2.1 CAML （Collaborative Application Markup Languageformat

<?xml version="1.0"encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Batch>
<Method ID='1' Cmd='Delete'>
  <Field Name='ID'>1</Field>
  <Field Name='FileRef'>http://basesmcdev/sites/tester1/myfile.bmp</Field>
</Method>
</Batch>

2.2 C# source code implementation

SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
            {
                using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://virus/sites/intranet"))
                {

                    using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb("team"))
                    {
                        site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
                        web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;

                        SPList list = web.Lists["documentExample"];
                        StringBuilder sbDelete = new StringBuilder();
                        sbDelete.Append("<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Batch>");

                        foreach (SPListItem item in list.Items)
                        {
                            sbDelete.Append("<Method>");
                            sbDelete.Append("<SetList Scope="Request">" + list.ID + "</SetList>");
                            sbDelete.Append("<SetVar Name="ID">" + Convert.ToString(item.ID) + "</SetVar>");
                            sbDelete.Append("<SetVar Name="Cmd">Delete</SetVar>");
                            sbDelete.Append("<SetVar Name="owsfileref">"+item.GetFormattedValue("FileRef")+"</SetVar>");
                            sbDelete.Append("</Method>");
                        }

                        sbDelete.Append("</Batch>");

                        try
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine( web.ProcessBatchData(sbDelete.ToString()));
                        }
                        catch
                        {

                            throw;
                        }
                        site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
                        web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
                    }
                }
            });

Reference documentation

1.    http://www.cnblogs.com/laputa-sky/archive/2008/10/21/1299867.html

2.    http://www.cnblogs.com/virusswb/archive/2009/01/21/1379275.html

3.    http://msdn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/ms414322(v=office.14).aspx

4.    http://msdn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/ms426449(v=office.14).aspx

5.    Delete Folder http://platinumdogs.me/2009/07/13/delete-a-folder-from-a-sharepoint-document-library/