i had the same problem. some people already asked this feature to be added to will_paginate, apparently the developer doesn't think it is a good idea. check this:
http://groups.google.com/group/will_paginate/browse_thread/thread/9c4ff183a4271bde/3f71f7dc31a54767 for my projects i made an extension to make will_paginate accept :page => :last. Patrick Heneise wrote: > Max Williams wrote: >> If you have an object that you have paginated, you can get the number of >> pages with .total_pages: this will be the same as the number of the last >> page. >> >> Presumably when you're looking at the topic, you've already loaded it's >> replies anyway? >> >> eg >> >> @topic = Topic.find(params[:id]) >> @replies = @topic.replies.paginate(:page => 1, :per_page => 20) >> >> last_page = @replies.total_pages > > Well, the problem is that the replies are not yet paginated. It's a > summary on a landing-page and the last three replies should show up for > each topic. The total_pages attribute is not know at this point. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
