Limit number of pages in will_paginate

Question

So, when using Sphinx searches are limited to 1000 results. But, if there are more than 1000 results pagination links generated by will_paginate don\'t take thi

Answer 1

I found the best solution was to do this:

@results = Model.search(...)
if @results.total_pages >= (1000/Model.per_page)
  class << @results; def total_pages; 1000/Model.per_page; end end
end

Where the 1000 is preferably not hardcoded :). This gets you the correct behaviour of the will_paginate view helper for free,