How to get LookupField Information from a listItem

Development, SharePoint, SPField

If you want the ID or the value form a LookupField, you can get it easily with this code snippet:

SPListItem item = getitsomewhare… SPFieldLookupValue lf = (SPFieldLookupValue) item.ParentList.Fields.GetField(_FieldName).GetFieldValue( item.GetFormattedValue(_FieldName));

if you got the field, fetch its properties via

if (lf == null) { int itemID = lf.LookupId; string itemValue = lf.LookupValue; }
Have fun ;-)