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Back when we all used SQL databases, it was common to paginate through large result sets by appending LIMIT offset, rows per page to a SELECT query. Depending on the schema, data volume and database engine, this was inefficient to varying degrees. On smaller result sets and with the right indexes, it was… posssibly OK. On larger result sets, the high page numbers would get progressively slower. Databases like DynamoDB prevent this inefficiency by handling pagination differently....