[Deprecated] DMZ 1.6.2 (DataMapper OverZealous Edition)

[eluser]The Hamburgler[/eluser]
Quick question.

- Need to display a table of filtered dm records
- There are +1000 records in the db so the table needs to be paged.
- The table is dynamically filtered by post/session data

So far my code looks like this:

Code:

... Controller

// load dm model
$this->load->model('contact');

// method adds relevant dm 'where' clauses to object
$this->filter();

// get count of filtered records
$count = $this->contact->count();

// get filtered records
$this->contact->get(20, $offset);

This code will not work because after count() is called the sql clauses set by filter() will be lost.
If I comment out $this->contact->count(); and use count($this->contact->all) instead the maximum count possible will be 20.

I'm looking for a elegant way to retrieve both a full count of filtered records and a paged subset of filtered records without having to call filter twice.

Any ideas???