limit and pagination not working in expression engine exp:query - expressionengine

Question

What is wrong in this code that is not allowing me to show only two records along with pagination any help highly appreciated?
{exp:channel:entries channel="article" status="open" orderby="date" sort="desc"
search:entry_id="{embed:entry_ids}" dynamic="off" limit="1" paginate="bottom"}
{exp:query limit="1" sql="select count(*) as recordcount from exp_channel_data a where entry_id IN ({embed:entry_ids}) AND channel_id=8"}
<b> {recordcount} </b> articles found for:<b> {embed:author_name} </b>
{/exp:query}
<br />
{exp:query limit="2" sql="Select B.field_id_29 as article_bodysubtitle,B.field_id_27 as bodytext, B.field_id_88 as iss_rel_id, D.title as articletitle, D.url_title as ut from exp_channel_data as B INNER JOIN exp_channel_titles D ON B.entry_id=D.entry_id where B.channel_id=8 AND B.entry_id IN({embed:entry_ids})"}
<br />
<strong>{articletitle}</strong>:
{exp:trunchtml chars="250" inline="..."}
{bodytext}
<br />
{/exp:trunchtml}
<br />
{embed="backissues/embed_iss" iss_rel_id="{iss_rel_id}"}
<br /><br />
{paginate}
<p>Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages {pagination_links}</p>
{/paginate}
{/exp:query}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 1

Your outer-most channel entries query is restricting the data set to return only one result.
Try changing the limit parameter:
{exp:channel:entries ... limit="2" paginate="bottom"}
When using pagination, the limit parameter determines the number of entries shown per page.

Answer 2

{exp:query limit="2" paginate="bottom" sql="Select B.field_id_29 as article_bodysubtitle,B.field_id_27 as bodytext, B.field_id_88 as iss_rel_id, D.title as articletitle, D.url_title as ut
from exp_channel_data as B
INNER JOIN exp_channel_titles D ON B.entry_id=D.entry_id
where B.channel_id=8
AND B.entry_id IN({embed:entry_ids})"}
{paginate}
<p>Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages {pagination_links}</p>
{/paginate}
{exp:channel:entries channel="article" status="open" orderby="date" sort="desc"
search:entry_id="{embed:entry_ids}" dynamic="off" limit="1" }
<strong>{articletitle}</strong>:
{exp:trunchtml chars="250" inline="..."}
{bodytext}
<br />
{/exp:trunchtml}
<br />
{embed="backissues/embed_iss" iss_rel_id="{iss_rel_id}"}
<br /><br />
{/exp:channel:entries}
{/exp:query}