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Indexing, connection pooling, read replicas, query tuning, and throughput-aware SQL.

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How to Implement Keyset Pagination in Python (Seek Method)

Implement keyset (seek) pagination in Python with a mock paginator that efficiently fetches pages based on the last row rather than OFFSET.

pagination keyset seek-method
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import List, Optional


@dataclass
class Row:
    id: int
    name: str

    def __lt__(self, other: "Row") -> bool:
        return (self.id, self.name) < (other.id, other.name)


class MockKeysetPaginator:
    """Pagination using keyset (seek) method instead of OFFSET."""…
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Database scaling & optimization medium

Offset vs Keyset Pagination in Python

Demonstrate offset-based pagination and keyset (cursor) pagination with a simple in-memory dataset, showing how each returns pages of records.

pagination keyset offset
Python
"""Demonstrate pagination using offset vs keyset (cursor) approach."""

ITEMS = [
    {"id": 1, "name": "Alice"},
    {"id": 2, "name": "Bob"},
    {"id": 3, "name": "Carol"},
    {"id": 4, "name": "David"},
    {"id": 5, "name": "Eve"},
]

def offset_paginate(items, page, page_size):
    """Return a page using offset…
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