diff --git a/src/boss_db.erl b/src/boss_db.erl
index f13f9083..f80f53a9 100644
--- a/src/boss_db.erl
+++ b/src/boss_db.erl
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 -export([start/1, stop/0]).
 
 -export([
+        paginate/3,
+        paginate/4,
         migrate/1,
         migrate/2,
         find/1, 
@@ -140,6 +142,17 @@ migrate({Tag, Fun}, Direction) ->
     Fun(Direction),
     db_call({migration_done, Tag, Direction}).
 
+
+%% @spec paginate(Model::atom(), Conditions, Opts::proplists()) -> {Page::integer(), TotalPage::integer(), Total::integer(), Result::list()] |  {error, Reason}
+%% @doc Paginate through the results matching the conditions. Use `Opts' [{page,
+%% PageNum}, {page_size, PageSize}] to control which page to fetch,
+%% and how many results per page. Page size defaults to 10.
+paginate(Type, Conditions, Opts) ->
+    paginate(Type, Conditions, Opts, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT).
+
+paginate(Type, Conditions, Opts, Timeout) ->
+    db_call({paginate, Type, Conditions, Opts}, Timeout).
+
 %% @spec find(Id::string()) -> Value | {error, Reason}
 %% @doc Find a BossRecord with the specified `Id' (e.g. "employee-42") or a value described
 %% by a dot-separated path (e.g. "employee-42.manager.name").
diff --git a/src/boss_db_adapter.erl b/src/boss_db_adapter.erl
index c193d970..8e28fe6d 100644
--- a/src/boss_db_adapter.erl
+++ b/src/boss_db_adapter.erl
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ behaviour_info(callbacks) ->
     [
         {start, 1}, {stop, 0}, {init, 1}, {terminate, 1},
         {find, 2}, {find, 7}, {count, 3}, 
-        {delete, 2}, {counter, 2}, {incr, 3}, {save_record, 2}
+        {delete, 2}, {counter, 2}, {incr, 3}, {save_record, 2},
+	    {paginate, 4}
     ];
 behaviour_info(_Other) ->
     undefined.
diff --git a/src/boss_db_controller.erl b/src/boss_db_controller.erl
index e3e3b576..00fdd864 100644
--- a/src/boss_db_controller.erl
+++ b/src/boss_db_controller.erl
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ init(Options) ->
 handle_call(_Anything, _Anyone, State) when State#state.connection_state /= connected ->
     {reply, db_connection_down, State};
 
+handle_call({paginate, Type, Conditions, Opts}, _From, #state{ cache_enable = false } = State) ->
+    {Adapter, Conn, _} = db_for_type(Type, State),
+    {reply, Adapter:paginate(Conn, Type, Conditions, Opts), State};
 handle_call({find, Key}, From, #state{ cache_enable = true, cache_prefix = Prefix } = State) ->
     CacheResult = boss_cache:get(Prefix, Key),
     find_by_key(Key, From, Prefix, State, CacheResult);
diff --git a/src/db_adapters/boss_db_adapter_mnesia.erl b/src/db_adapters/boss_db_adapter_mnesia.erl
index 131c3a44..92d773d0 100644
--- a/src/db_adapters/boss_db_adapter_mnesia.erl
+++ b/src/db_adapters/boss_db_adapter_mnesia.erl
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 -export([count/3, counter/2, incr/3, delete/2, save_record/2]).
 -export([transaction/2]).
 -export([table_exists/2, get_migrations_table/1, migration_done/3]).
+-export([paginate/4]).
 
+-define(DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE, 10).
 %-define(TRILLION, (1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)).
 
 start(_) ->
@@ -22,6 +24,25 @@ init(_Options) ->
 terminate(_) ->
     ok.
 
+paginate(_, Model, Conditions, Opts) ->
+    {Pattern, _Filter} = build_query(Model, Conditions), %% don't know if _Filter is usefull here ??
+    Page       = proplists:get_value(page, Opts, 1),
+    PageSize   = proplists:get_value(page_size, Opts, ?DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE),
+    Offset     = PageSize * (Page - 1),
+    Total      = boss_db:count(Model, Conditions),
+    TotalPages = (Total div PageSize) + (case Total rem PageSize of
+                                             0 -> 0;
+                                             _ -> 1
+                                         end),
+    MatchSpec = [{list_to_tuple([Model|Pattern]), [], ['$_']}],
+    case limit(Model, Offset, PageSize, MatchSpec) of
+        {atomic, Result} -> 
+            {Page, TotalPages, Total, Result};
+        
+        {aborted, Reason} -> 
+            {error, Reason}
+    end.
+    
 % -----
 find(_, Id) when is_list(Id) ->
     Type = infer_type_from_id(Id),
@@ -157,8 +178,18 @@ test_rec(Rec,{Key, 'contains_none', Values}) when is_list(Values) ->
     lists:any(fun (Ele) -> not lists:member(Ele, apply(Rec,Key,[])) end, Values).
 
 % -----
-count(Conn, Type, Conditions) ->
-    length(find(Conn, Type, Conditions, all, 0, id, ascending)).
+
+count(_, Type, Conditions) ->
+    {Pattern, _} = build_query(Type, Conditions),
+    MatchSpec = [{list_to_tuple([Type|Pattern]), [], [1]}],
+    FunCount = fun() -> mnesia:select(Type, MatchSpec) end,
+    case mnesia:transaction(FunCount) of
+        {atomic, Result} -> lists:sum(Result);
+        {aborted, Reason}   -> {error, Reason}                               
+    end.
+                             
+%% count(Conn, Type, Conditions) ->
+%%     length(find(Conn, Type, Conditions, all, 0, id, ascending)).
 
 % -----
 counter(Conn, Id) when is_list(Id) ->
@@ -254,6 +285,8 @@ infer_type_from_id(Id) when is_list(Id) ->
     list_to_atom(hd(string:tokens(Id, "-"))).
 
 %----- 
+build_query(Type, Conditions) ->
+    build_query(Type, Conditions, none, none, none, none).
 build_query(Type, Conditions, _Max, _Skip, _Sort, _SortOrder) -> % a Query is a {Pattern, Filter} combo
     Fldnames = mnesia:table_info(Type, attributes),
     BlankPattern = [ {Fld, '_'} || Fld <- Fldnames],
@@ -273,3 +306,44 @@ build_conditions1([First|Rest], Pattern, Filter) ->
     build_conditions1(Rest, Pattern, [First|Filter]).
 
 
+limit (Tab, Offset, Number, MatchSpec) ->
+    Fun = fun() ->
+                  seek (Offset,
+                        Number,
+                        mnesia:select (Tab,
+                                       MatchSpec,
+                                       Number,
+                                       read)
+                       ) 
+          end,
+    mnesia:transaction(Fun). 
+
+
+seek (_Offset, _Number, '$end_of_table') ->
+  [];
+seek (Offset, Number, X) when Offset =< 0 ->
+    read (Number, X, []);
+seek (Offset, Number, { Results, Cont }) ->
+    NumResults = length (Results),
+    case Offset > NumResults of
+        true ->
+            seek (Offset - NumResults, Number, mnesia:select (Cont));
+        false ->
+            { _, DontDrop } = lists:split (Offset, Results),
+            Keep = lists:sublist (DontDrop, Number),
+            read (Number - length (Keep), mnesia:select (Cont), [ Keep ])
+    end.
+
+read (Number, _, Acc) when Number =< 0 ->
+    lists:foldl (fun erlang:'++'/2, [], Acc);
+read (_Number, '$end_of_table', Acc) ->
+    lists:foldl (fun erlang:'++'/2, [], Acc);
+read (Number, { Results, Cont }, Acc) ->
+    NumResults = length (Results),
+    case Number > NumResults of
+        true ->
+            read (Number - NumResults, mnesia:select (Cont), [ Results | Acc ]);
+        false ->
+            { Keep, _ } = lists:split (Number, Results),
+            lists:foldl (fun erlang:'++'/2, Keep, Acc)
+    end.