Is it normal that the paginate tags don’t work with any non-trivial SQL query ?
here’s what I have, the pagination do not work
{exp:query limit="15" paginate="both" sql="
SELECT t.entry_id as supplier_id, t.title as supplier_name, t.url_title as supplier_url_title, t.entry_id as supplier_id,
d.field_id_108 as supplier_logo, d.field_id_13 as supplier_address1,d.field_id_34 as supplier_address2,d.field_id_35 as supplier_town,
d.field_id_37 as supplier_county,d.field_id_36 as supplier_postal_code,d.field_id_38 as supplier_country, d.field_id_14 as supplier_telephone,
d.field_id_15 as supplier_fax, d.field_id_16 as supplier_email, d.field_id_17 as supplier_website1, d.field_id_12 as supplier_profile, MIN(p.cat_id) as min_cat_id
FROM exp_weblog_data as d, exp_weblog_titles as t, exp_category_posts as p
WHERE t.weblog_id = '8'
AND t.site_id = '1'
AND t.entry_id = d.entry_id
AND t.title REGEXP '^A'
AND d.entry_id = p.entry_id
GROUP BY t.entry_id
ORDER BY t.title ASC
"}
{if count == 1}
<ul>
{/if}
<li class="supplier-line">
<h3>{supplier_name}</h3>
<p> <div class="left"><br />
{embed="buyers_guide/supplier_logo" logo_code="{supplier_logo}"}<br />
<address class="details-enhanced"><br />
{if supplier_address1}{supplier_address1}<br />
{/if}<br />
{if supplier_address2}{supplier_address2}<br />
{/if}<br />
{if supplier_town}{supplier_town}<br />
{/if}<br />
{if supplier_county}{supplier_county}<br />
{/if}<br />
{if supplier_postal_code}{supplier_postal_code}<br />
{/if}<br />
{if supplier_country}{supplier_country}<br />
{/if}<br />
</address><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="right"><br />
<a href="http://{path=buyers_guide/supplier_page/}{supplier_url_title}class=view-profile">View Full Profile</a><br />
</div><br />
</li></p>
<p>{if count == total_results}<br />
</ul><br />
{/if}</p>
<p>{paginate}<br />
<span class="letter">{segment_3}</span><!-- Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages --><span class="number-links">{pagination_links}</span><br />
{/paginate}<br />
{/exp:query}
I would gladly use $DB to query but I stuck with exp:query in the hope that I could use the built-in pagination
How can I paginate if I query $DB directly ?
Thanks