use CGI::Request; my $req = new CGI::Request; my $rows_per_page = 100; my ($first_row, $command) = map { $req->param($_) } qw/first_row command/; if ($command eq 'previous_page') { $first_row -= $rows_per_page; $first_row = 0 if $first_row < 0; } elsif ($command eq 'next_page') { $first_row += $rows_per_page; } my $result = Database->get_results($query, $first_row); Display->results($result, $first_row);