How to paginate in real time with cursor based pagination?

How to paginate in real time with cursor based pagination?

Use this code and paginate through the results. While paginating, add some records at the end of table to make it real time. Then paginate forward and backwards to to check data duplications in pages. Do the same with offset based pagination to understand the difference.

Why is pagination inaccurate when adding new data?

As data is not frequently changed, users feel like the pagination is working accurately, but results of the pagination become inaccurate when adding new data or removing existing data. Pagination only considers record count, instead of each individual record – Records are broken into pages using the total record count and paginated normally.

How are records broken into pages in pagination?

Pagination only considers record count, instead of each individual record – Records are broken into pages using the total record count and paginated normally. It doesn’t consider whether each record falls into the right page on pagination. This can lead to a redundant display of records.

Are there page numbers in offset based pagination?

Offset pagination contains page numbers in addition to next and previous links. But due to the highly dynamic nature of the data, we can’t provide page numbers for cursor based pagination.

How to define a range in a paginate query?

Paginate query results. However, to define a specific range for a query, you should use the where () method described in Simple Queries. Use the startAt () or startAfter () methods to define the start point for a query. The startAt () method includes the start point, while the startAfter () method excludes it.

What do you need to know about offset based pagination?

Count – we need the count parameter as with offset based pagination for filtering a limited number of results, before or after the cursor. Next URL – This is needed in case we are providing the pagination through an API. Users need to know whether the next page is available and how to get the next data set.