Index: pager.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/pager.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.62
diff -u -u -p -r1.62 pager.inc
--- pager.inc	2 Aug 2007 10:58:41 -0000	1.62
+++ pager.inc	4 Sep 2007 19:14:27 -0000
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@
  * @ingroup database
  */
 function pager_query($query, $limit = 10, $element = 0, $count_query = NULL) {
-  global $pager_page_array, $pager_total, $pager_total_items;
-  $page = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : '';
-
   // Substitute in query arguments.
   $args = func_get_args();
   $args = array_slice($args, 4);
@@ -64,15 +61,29 @@ function pager_query($query, $limit = 10
   if (!isset($count_query)) {
     $count_query = preg_replace(array('/SELECT.*?FROM /As', '/ORDER BY .*/'), array('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ', ''), $query);
   }
+  // Initialize the pager array and position
+  $pos = pager_init($limit, $element, db_result(db_query($count_query, $args)));
+  // Return the results based on the position and limit
+  return db_query_range($query, $args, $pos, $limit);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Initialize the global pager variables without using pager_query,
+ */
+function pager_init($limit = 10, $element = 0, $count) {
+  global $pager_page_array, $pager_total, $pager_total_items;
+  $page = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : '';
 
   // Convert comma-separated $page to an array, used by other functions.
   $pager_page_array = explode(',', $page);
 
-  // We calculate the total of pages as ceil(items / limit).
-  $pager_total_items[$element] = db_result(db_query($count_query, $args));
+  // calculate the total of pages as ceil(items / limit).
+  $pager_total_items[$element] = $count;
   $pager_total[$element] = ceil($pager_total_items[$element] / $limit);
   $pager_page_array[$element] = max(0, min((int)$pager_page_array[$element], ((int)$pager_total[$element]) - 1));
-  return db_query_range($query, $args, $pager_page_array[$element] * $limit, $limit);
+
+  // return the current position
+  return $pager_page_array[$element] * $limit;
 }
 
 /**