Re: GSoC: Adding a web interface similar to the Hydra web interface

["Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>]

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Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. júl.
5., Cs 10:28):

> Hi Tatiana,
>
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 22:54:46 +0200
> Tatiana Sholokhova <tanja201396@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If we want to maintain a link to
> > the previous page we have to filter the database table entries with to
> > types of filters: one with lower bound on the id, and the other with the
> > upper bound.
>
> Yeah, I know what you mean.
>
> I'd suggest one of the following alternatives for implementing "Previous
> page":
>
> (1) Remember all the page boundaries in the query string (or maybe hidden
> form elements).  So instead of finding out where the beginning of the
> previous page was all over again just remember it from before.
> (2) Reverse the ordering in the query and the boundary check and run
> the query, reverse the result of the query.  Handle finished result as
> before.
> (3) Just use the browser's back button.  In fact, you can just put a
> "Previous" link that presses the back button via Javascript for the time
> being.
>
> I suggest (3) - and implement one of the others later.
>
> I agree that going with (3) now makes sense. The most flexible solution is
(2). I usually do that, as it does not rely on having the earlier pages
seen. I usually abstract this away in a cursor, which has the first, the
last, the current page first and last ids, and a gotofirst, gotolast, next
and previous operators.WDYT?

> > The current implementation of pagination works correctly but it does not
> > support link to the previous page (first, and next only).
>
> Cool!
>

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