Chris “Woody” Woodruff • 6/2/2026

Pagination in EF Core, Continued: Sortable Grids, htmx, and the Indexing Cost

This article continues the discussion on pagination in Entity Framework Core, addressing feedback on sortable grids where users can pick columns. It compares keyset pagination vs. Skip/Take, covering performance, correctness under concurrent writes, and the indexing cost of supporting multiple sortable columns. The author revises the thesis to recommend keyset only for large, write-heavy, user-facing tables, and provides examples for fixed and dynamic sort columns.

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#htmx #Ef Core #Keyset Pagination