Budibase/budibase · error · Error

Unable to paginate with string based bookmarks

Error message

Unable to paginate with string based bookmarks

What it means

Error "Unable to paginate with string based bookmarks" thrown in Budibase/budibase.

Source

Thrown at packages/server/src/sdk/workspace/rows/search/internal/sqs.ts:490

      const sort: SortJson = {}
      for (const [field, sortInfo] of Object.entries(params.sort)) {
        if (!sortInfo) {
          continue
        }
        const entry = resolveSortEntry(field, sortInfo.direction, sortInfo.type)
        sort[entry.key] = {
          direction: entry.direction,
          type: entry.type,
        }
      }
      if (Object.keys(sort).length) {
        request.sort = sort
      }
    }
  }

  if (params.bookmark && typeof params.bookmark !== "number") {
    throw new Error("Unable to paginate with string based bookmarks")
  }

  const bookmark: number = (params.bookmark as number) || 0
  // limits don't apply if we doing a row ID search
  if (!isSearchingByRowID(searchFilters) && params.limit) {
    paginate = true
    request.paginate = {
      limit: params.limit + 1,
      offset: bookmark,
    }
  }

  const enrichedRequest = await enrichQueryJson(request)

  try {
    const [rows, totalRows] = await Promise.all([
      runSqlQuery(enrichedRequest, allTables, relationships),
      options.countRows

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/server/src/sdk/workspace/rows/search/internal/sqs.ts:490 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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