{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/916#issuecomment-812941818", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/916", "id": 812941818, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgxMjk0MTgxOA==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2021-04-03T23:43:11Z", "updated_at": "2021-04-03T23:43:11Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Relevant code is some of the most complex in all of Datasette.\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/0a7621f96f8ad14da17e7172e8a7bce24ef78966/datasette/views/table.py#L530-L594\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/0a7621f96f8ad14da17e7172e8a7bce24ef78966/datasette/views/table.py#L743-L771\r\n\r\nI'll need to think hard about how to refactor this out into something more understandable before implementing previous links.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 672421411, "label": "Support reverse pagination (previous page, has-previous-items)"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/916#issuecomment-812941340", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/916", "id": 812941340, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgxMjk0MTM0MA==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2021-04-03T23:38:37Z", "updated_at": "2021-04-03T23:38:37Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Same query again with `a, d, v` returns 0 results, which is also as we would want: it signifies that we are back to the very first page: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select+pk1%2C+pk2%2C+pk3%2C+content+from+compound_three_primary_keys+where+%28%28pk1+%3C+%3Ap0%29%0D%0A++or%0D%0A%28pk1+%3D+%3Ap0+and+pk2+%3C+%3Ap1%29%0D%0A++or%0D%0A%28pk1+%3D+%3Ap0+and+pk2+%3D+%3Ap1+and+pk3+%3C+%3Ap2%29%29+order+by+pk1+desc%2C+pk2+desc%2C+pk3+desc+limit+1+offset+99&p0=a&p1=d&p2=v", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 672421411, "label": "Support reverse pagination (previous page, has-previous-items)"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/916#issuecomment-812941112", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/916", "id": 812941112, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgxMjk0MTExMg==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2021-04-03T23:35:55Z", "updated_at": "2021-04-03T23:35:55Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I tried flipping the direction of the sort and the comparison operators and got this: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select+pk1%2C+pk2%2C+pk3%2C+content+from+compound_three_primary_keys+where+%28%28pk1+%3C+%3Ap0%29%0D%0A++or%0D%0A%28pk1+%3D+%3Ap0+and+pk2+%3C+%3Ap1%29%0D%0A++or%0D%0A%28pk1+%3D+%3Ap0+and+pk2+%3D+%3Ap1+and+pk3+%3C+%3Ap2%29%29+order+by+pk1+desc%2C+pk2+desc%2C+pk3+desc+limit+1+offset+99&p0=a&p1=h&p2=r\r\n\r\n```sql\r\nselect pk1, pk2, pk3, content from compound_three_primary_keys where ((pk1 < :p0)\r\n or\r\n(pk1 = :p0 and pk2 < :p1)\r\n or\r\n(pk1 = :p0 and pk2 = :p1 and pk3 < :p2)) order by pk1 desc, pk2 desc, pk3 desc limit 1 offset 99\r\n```\r\nWhich returned `a-d-v` as desired. I messed around with it to find the `limit 1 offset 99` values.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 672421411, "label": "Support reverse pagination (previous page, has-previous-items)"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/916#issuecomment-812940907", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/916", "id": 812940907, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgxMjk0MDkwNw==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2021-04-03T23:33:41Z", "updated_at": "2021-04-03T23:33:41Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Let's figure out the SQL for this. The most complex case is probably this one: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/compound_three_primary_keys?_next=a%2Ch%2Cr\r\n\r\nHere's the SQL for that page: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select+pk1%2C+pk2%2C+pk3%2C+content+from+compound_three_primary_keys+where+%28%28pk1+%3E+%3Ap0%29%0A++or%0A%28pk1+%3D+%3Ap0+and+pk2+%3E+%3Ap1%29%0A++or%0A%28pk1+%3D+%3Ap0+and+pk2+%3D+%3Ap1+and+pk3+%3E+%3Ap2%29%29+order+by+pk1%2C+pk2%2C+pk3+limit+101&p0=a&p1=h&p2=r\r\n\r\n```sql\r\nselect pk1, pk2, pk3, content from compound_three_primary_keys where ((pk1 > :p0)\r\n or\r\n(pk1 = :p0 and pk2 > :p1)\r\n or\r\n(pk1 = :p0 and pk2 = :p1 and pk3 > :p2)) order by pk1, pk2, pk3 limit 101\r\n```\r\nWhere `p0` is `a`, `p1` is `h` and `p2` is `r`.\r\n\r\nGiven the above, how would I figure out the correct previous link? It should be https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/compound_three_primary_keys?_next=a%2Cd%2Cv - `a`, `d`, `v`.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 672421411, "label": "Support reverse pagination (previous page, has-previous-items)"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/916#issuecomment-812940457", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/916", "id": 812940457, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgxMjk0MDQ1Nw==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2021-04-03T23:28:40Z", "updated_at": "2021-04-03T23:28:40Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I think my ideal implementation for this would be to reverse the order, grab the previous page-size-plus-one items, then return a `?_next=x` token that would provide the previous page sorted back in the expected default order.\r\n\r\nThe alternative would be to have a `?_previous=x` token which can be used to paginate backwards in reverse order, but I think this would be confusing as it would result in \"hit next page, then hit previous page\" returning you to a new state which features rows in the reverse order.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 672421411, "label": "Support reverse pagination (previous page, has-previous-items)"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/916#issuecomment-812804998", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/916", "id": 812804998, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgxMjgwNDk5OA==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2021-04-03T03:47:45Z", "updated_at": "2021-04-03T03:47:45Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I found one example of an implementation of reversed keyset pagination here: https://github.com/tvainika/objection-keyset-pagination/blob/cb21a493c96daa6e63c302efae6718d09aa11661/index.js#L74-L79", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 672421411, "label": "Support reverse pagination (previous page, has-previous-items)"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/916#issuecomment-812742462", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/916", "id": 812742462, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgxMjc0MjQ2Mg==", "user": {"value": 1111743, "label": "jungle-boogie"}, "created_at": "2021-04-02T22:37:27Z", "updated_at": "2021-04-02T22:37:27Z", "author_association": "NONE", "body": "Yes, this would be nice!\r\n\r\nI using Datasette v0.56 and don't see a previous page button.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 672421411, "label": "Support reverse pagination (previous page, has-previous-items)"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}