Hi Venkatzeus,
From your description, you want to avoid creating the item if it exists in the discussion board.
You can get all items form the discussion board and then compare each of them with your folder name. If the name does not exist in the list, create the
item.
Here is my code I have tested in my discussion board for your reference:
String folderName = "123";
Boolean isExisted = false;
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://sp"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)
{
SPList list = web.Lists["Discussion1"];
if (list != null)
{
SPQuery query = new SPQuery();
query.ViewFields = "<FieldRef Name='Title' />";
SPListItemCollection itemColl = list.GetItems(query);
foreach (SPListItem item in itemColl)
{
String subject = item["Title"].ToString();
if(folderName == subject)
{
isExisted = true;
}
}
if(!isExisted)
{
SPListItem discussionBoardItem = SPUtility.CreateNewDiscussion(list, folderName);
discussionBoardItem["Body"] = "What say you about task X?";
discussionBoardItem.Update();
}
}
}
}
Best regards,
Linda Zhang