Question

Classic ASP Recordset Paging with << First < Prev Next > Last >> Functionality

Asked by: maddhacker24

Hello,

I have a database with about 500 or so records in it. I'm setting my pagesize to 10 so that my asp page will display only 10 records per page.  

My current page navigation looks like:
<< Prev 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14,15,16,17....etc......Next >>

This results in having roughly 50 links for page navigation on this particular page. Looks cramped!

What I would like to have for navigation would be something like this:
Lets say I was on page 1...
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Next > Last >>

Lets say I was on page 10...
<< First < Prev 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 Next > Last >>

I would like to have only 10 paging links to show at a time along with the << First < Prev Next > Last >> functionality.

I've fooled with lots of examples over the course of the day and im about to give up.  Please help.

Thanks in advance.

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2009-08-24 at 14:45:02ID24678157
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Answers

 

by: maddhacker24Posted on 2009-08-24 at 18:13:30ID: 25173917

upped the points...

 

by: rrjegan17Posted on 2009-08-24 at 22:39:39ID: 25174777

Hope this is what you referred:

http://www.asp.happycodings.com/Array/code3.html

 

by: DarthSonicPosted on 2009-08-25 at 00:11:16ID: 25175108

Think about it! ;-)

You know your current page. If it is 10 you have to write out the links for pages 5 to 15 (firstPage = 10 - 5, lastPage = 10 + 5). And the links to previous and next page are easy too.

It's not that difficult to do it on your own ;-)

For i = CurrentPageNo - 5 To CurrentPageNo + 5
  Response.Write "<a href=""mypage.asp?page=" & i & """>" & i & "</a>"
Next
Response.Write "<a href=""mypage.asp?page=" & CurrentPageNo-1 & """>Last</a>"
Response.Write "<a href=""mypage.asp?page=" & CurrentPageNo+1 & """>Next</a>"

                                              
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by: DarthSonicPosted on 2009-08-25 at 00:14:25ID: 25175119

Okay, you want "Last", "First", "Next" and "Prev". Here you go:

If CurrentPageNo > 1 Then
  Response.Write "<a href=""mypage.asp?page=1"">First</a>"
  Response.Write "<a href=""mypage.asp?page=" & CurrentPageNo-1 & """>Prev</a>"
End If
For i = CurrentPageNo - 5 To CurrentPageNo + 5
  Response.Write "<a href=""mypage.asp?page=" & i & """>" & i & "</a>"
Next
If CurrentPageNo < rs.PageCount Then
  Response.Write "<a href=""mypage.asp?page=" & CurrentPageNo+1 & """>Next</a>"
  Response.Write "<a href=""mypage.asp?page=" & rs.PageCount & """>Last</a>"
End If

                                              
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by: maddhacker24Posted on 2009-08-25 at 10:35:23ID: 25180021

Hi DarthSonic,

So I implemented your code and there are still some issues...It needs some more logic built in.

For example.  The current recordset im dealing with has 19 pages.

This is what it looks like if on page 1:
-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6 Next > Last >>

This is what my pagination looks like if on page 10:
<< First < Prev 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 Next > Last >>

This is what my pagination looks like if on page 17 (only 19 pages in RS):
<< First < Prev 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22 Next > Last >>

There should be boundries at the beginning and end of the recordset so that it does not create bogus links.

No matter what page in the recordset im on...there should always be 10 page links shown.

For example if the recordset has 19 pages.

If I was on page 1 it shoudld look like this:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Next > Last >>

If I was on page 10 it shoudld look like this:
<< First < Prev 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 Next > Last >>

If I was on page 17 it should look like this:
<< First < Prev 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 Next > Last >>

Thanks

 

by: maddhacker24Posted on 2009-08-25 at 12:48:17ID: 25181502

I solved this one on my own. Had to throw in some math to get what i wanted.

If Page < 10 Then
      StartPage = 1
      EndPage = 10
Else
      StartPage = Page - 5
      EndPage = Page + 4
      If EndPage > RSPageCount Then
            EndPage = RSPageCount
            StartPage = EndPage - 9
      End If                              
End if
                        
For PageCounter = StartPage To EndPage
       If PageCounter <> Page Then
            Response.Write "<a href='http://localhost/"& sURL &"/"& PageCounter &"'>"& PageCounter &"</a>"
      Else
            'The active page
            Response.Write(PageCounter)
      End If
      'Writes | as a separator if we're not at the last link
      If PageCounter <> RSPageCount Then Response.Write(" | ")                          
Next
                  

 

by: DarthSonicPosted on 2009-08-25 at 23:29:12ID: 25184845

As I said, with a little think about it you should be able to solve it. I only get you a code to start with ;)

 

by: DarthSonicPosted on 2009-08-30 at 23:24:59ID: 25220787

You should have granted some points to the ones helping you. I posted several tutorials on your question and you got an idea how to do it from my posts. It's a litle unfair to grant the points yourself.

 

by: acperkinsPosted on 2009-09-01 at 17:40:02ID: 25237386

>>You should have granted some points to the ones helping you.<<
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But never mind the EE Guidelines, they obviously do nothing for you, so let me appeal to a more basic motivation:  Just remember that the next time you need help, the person helping you here may think twice before responding.

Your choice.

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