Rails pagination. How to access the original selection?

Question

Ruby on Rails

We have:

records = Record.search(params[:search]).page(params[:page]).per(20)

Is it possible to get a selection Record.search(params[:search])after a paginated selection?
Or, at least, what could be less perverse than:

records_before_paginate = Record.search(params[:search])
records = records_before_paginate.page(params[:page]).per(20)

Is it reasonable to create a not_paginated method that would cut limit, offset directly from the request? Or is it a very rare case when such an opportunity is needed?

Answer 1

There is nothing perverted here, just name the variable normally

search_scope = Record.search(params[:search])
records = search_scope.page(params[:page]).per(20)