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Reasonably efficient pagination without OFFSET (SQLite version)
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pagination_example.sql
-- Reasonably efficient pagination without OFFSET
-- SQLite version (Adapted from MS SQL syntax)
-- Source: http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showpost.php?p=10376515&postcount=6
SELECT foo, bar, baz, quux FROM table
WHERE oid NOT IN ( SELECT oid FROM table
ORDER BY title ASC LIMIT 50 )
ORDER BY title ASC LIMIT 10
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Yeah. It's basically a workaround for some databases' query planners not being very smart about OFFSET.

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atejada commented Aug 22, 2022

Gotta admit...this is way cool 😎

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