pagination in ASP.NET MVC without using any external nuget package - asp.net-mvc

Question

Could you please let me know is there any way to do the pagination in ASP.NET MVC without using any external nuget package(Eg : PageList.mvc). Actually I'm looking for a server side solution to do the pagination in MVC itself.
Please help me if some one know the answer.
Thanks
Nishad

Answer 1

You can use WebGrid. It's not a NuGet package, it's part of the System.Web.Helpers namespace and provides pagination functionality out of the box.
1.Model:
public class Product
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
}
2.View:
#model IEnumerable<MVCTutorial.Models.Product>
#{
Layout = null;
WebGrid grid = new WebGrid(Model, canPage: true, canSort: false, rowsPerPage: 2);
}
#grid.GetHtml(
tableStyle: "table",
columns: grid.Columns(
grid.Column("ID", "ID", format: #<text> #item.ID
</text>, style: "p13"),
grid.Column("Description","Description", format: #<text> #item.Description</text>)))
3.Controller:
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult GetProducts()
{
var p1 = new Product { ID = 1, Description = "Product 1" };
var p2 = new Product { ID = 2, Description = "Product 2" };
var p3 = new Product { ID = 3, Description = "Product 3" };
var p4 = new Product { ID = 4, Description = "Product 4" };
var products = new List<Product> { p1, p2, p3, p4 };
return View(products);
}
}

Answer 2

You can use LINQ and pass the pageNumber and resultsPerPage to a controller.
var entries = _dbContext.YourTable.OrderBy(e => e.Date).Skip(pageNumber - 1).Take(resultsPerPage);
Your logic should also calculate how many pages there will be by getting the count of records for your particular query and doing some basic math.
Here's a good example: http://jasonwatmore.com/post/2015/10/30/ASPNET-MVC-Pagination-Example-with-Logic-like-Google.aspx