Using cakephp model to handle pagination in custom query - pagination

Question

I have 10 subscriber tables from subscriber_0 to subscriber_9, I get all the data from them through union by custom query in subscriber model, in the function getAllSubscribers, this table executes the query and returns the result to the subscriber controller, I have set $useTable = false because there is no subscriber table, my question is how do I paginate this data in the controller?
For reference I am writing my query here and the result returned
Query:
$query = 'SELECT * FROM (
SELECT * FROM subscriber_1
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_2
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_3
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_4
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_5
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_6
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_7
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_8
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_9
UNION
SELECT * FROM subscriber_0
) AS subscriber WHERE created > \'' . $startDate . '\' AND created < \'' . $endDate . '\'';
Result:
array(
(int) 0 => array(
'subscriber' => array(
'a_party' => '923003210861',
'subtype' => '0',
'stat' => '0',
'created' => '2012-11-26 06:53:31',
'updated' => null
)
),
(int) 1 => array(
'subscriber' => array(
'a_party' => '923005264511',
'subtype' => '0',
'stat' => '0',
'created' => '2012-11-26 06:53:31',
'updated' => null
)
)
,
.
.
.
.(int) 50 => ...
I have added this in the subscribers controller
public $paginate = array(
'limit' => 10
);
What else do I need to add?
I have seen this but of no help
CakePHP pass custom query from controller into model paginate()
EDIT: Adding controller code below
$data = $this->Subscriber->getAllSubscribers();//This model method returns custom data from query
$this->paginate = array('fields' => $selectedField);
$paginatedData = $this->paginate($data);
//debug($paginatedData);
$this->set('subslist', $paginatedData);
The above code is not working, what am i doing wrong, thanks

Answer 1

Here is how I achieved it:
Model code
/**
* Overridden paginate method - group by week, away_team_id and home_team_id
*/
public function paginate($conditions,
$fields,
$order,
$limit,
$page = 1,
$recursive = null,
$extra = array()) {
$recursive = -1;
$sql = "SELECT * FROM (
SELECT * FROM blacklist_0
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_1
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_2
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_3
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_4
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_5
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_6
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_7
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_8
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_9
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_0
) AS Blacklist LIMIT " . (($page - 1) * $limit) . ', ' . $limit;
$results = $this->query($sql);
return $results;
}
/**
* Overridden paginateCount method
*/
public function paginateCount($conditions = null,
$recursive = 0,
$extra = array()) {
$sql = "SELECT * FROM (
SELECT * FROM blacklist_1
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_2
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_3
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_4
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_5
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_6
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_7
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_8
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_9
UNION
SELECT * FROM blacklist_0
) AS Blacklist";
if ($conditions['Blacklist.b_party'] <> null) {
$sql = $sql . ' WHERE Blacklist.b_party = \'' . $conditions['Blacklist.b_party'] . '\'';
} else if ($conditions['Blacklist.a_party'] <> null) {
$sql = $sql . ' WHERE Blacklist.a_party = \'' . $conditions['Blacklist.a_party'] . '\'';
}
$this->recursive = $recursive;
$results = $this->query($sql);
return count($results);
}
Not to forget i used
public $useTable = false;
in the model, but the key thing was how to override the methods, which i finally figured out with the help of my collegue, the controller code is simple. Here it is:
Controller code:
public function index() {
$this->set('msisdn', "");
$this->Blacklist->recursive = 0;
$this->set('blacklists', $this->paginate());
}

Answer 2

You can't use standard pagination on custom queries, you'll have to create those yourself.
Custom Query Pagination