your subsequent selects are select ... from tab WHERE skey>skey_last OR (skey=skey_last AND pkey>pkey_last) ORDER BY skey,pkey LIMIT 100 OFFSET 100;
why offset ?
you should be able to use the skey, pkey values of the last row on the page to show the next page, no need for offset then.
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