starmanDec 15, 2023

Why You Shouldn’t Use OFFSET and LIMIT For Your Pagination

https://programming.dev/post/7302978

Why You Shouldn’t Use OFFSET and LIMIT For Your Pagination - programming.dev

Show threadSpaceNoodleDec 15, 2023
Paywall.
Show threadWilliamDec 15, 2023

ivopereira.net/efficient-pagination-dont-use-offs…

This seems to be the same article.

I have my doubts about the technique, but it could be useful in certain controlled situations.

Why You Shouldn't Use OFFSET and LIMIT For Your Pagination

Gone are the days when we wouldn’t need to worry about database performance optimization.

Why You Shouldn't Use OFFSET and LIMIT For Your Pagination
Show threadMegaMacSlice

I was going to recommend looking at www.elastic.co/…/paginate-search-results.html#scr… - but it looks like that method is now not advised- but if you read up above it it looks like there’s a search_after/PIT method described which sounds similar to the article.

This is all to say - I don’t think this is a one-off concept - it’s been around for a bit.

Paginate search results | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic

Dec 15, 2023 at 9:01pmWeb
Show threadvzqDec 16, 2023
It depends on what you want to do and how you want it to behave if data is inserted or deleted. “Ten items after the last one I’ve seen” is another thing than “items 30 to 39”.