function Pager(tableName, itemsPerPage,pagesMax) {
    this.tableName = tableName;
    this.itemsPerPage = itemsPerPage;
    this.currentPage = 1;
    this.pages = 0;
	this.pagesMax = pagesMax;
    this.inited = false;
    
    this.showRecords = function(from, to) {        
        var rows = document.getElementById(tableName).rows;
        // i starts from 1 to skip table header row
        for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
            if (i < from || i > to)  
                rows[i].style.display = 'none';
            else
                rows[i].style.display = '';
        }
    }
    
    this.showPage = function(pageNumber) {
    	if (! this.inited) {
    		alert("not inited");
    		return;
    	}
		this.currentPage = pageNumber;
        var oldPageAnchor = document.getElementById('pg'+this.currentPage);
        oldPageAnchor.className = 'pg-normal';
        
        this.currentPage = pageNumber;
        var newPageAnchor = document.getElementById('pg'+this.currentPage);
        newPageAnchor.className = 'pg-selected';
        
        var from = (pageNumber - 1) * itemsPerPage;
        var to = from + itemsPerPage - 1;
        this.showRecords(from, to);
		this.showPageNav('pager', 'pageNavPosition');
    }   
    
    this.prev = function() {
        if (this.currentPage > 1)
            this.showPage(this.currentPage - 1);
    }
    
    this.next = function() {
        if (this.currentPage < this.pages) {
            this.showPage(this.currentPage + 1);
        }
    }                        
    
    this.init = function() {
        var rows = document.getElementById(tableName).rows;
        var records = (rows.length - 1); 
        this.pages = Math.ceil(records / itemsPerPage);
		if (this.pages > this.pagesMax) this.pages = this.pagesMax;
        this.inited = true;
    }

    this.showPageNav = function(pagerName, positionId) {
    	if (! this.inited) {
    		alert("not inited");
    		return;
    	}
    	var element = document.getElementById(positionId);
    	
    	var pagerHtml = '<span onclick="' + pagerName + '.prev();" class="pg-normal" style="cursor:pointer;">&#171</span> ';
        for (var page = 1; page <= this.pages; page++) {
            pagerHtml += '<span id="pg' + page + '" class="pg-normal" onclick="' + pagerName + '.showPage(' + page + ');" style="cursor:pointer;padding-left:3px;padding-right:3px;">';
			if (page == this.currentPage ) pagerHtml += '<font color="blue">';
			pagerHtml += page;
			if (page == this.currentPage ) pagerHtml += '</font>';			
			pagerHtml += '</span>';
			if (page != this.pages) pagerHtml += ' | '; 
		}
        pagerHtml += ' <span onclick="'+pagerName+'.next();" class="pg-normal" style="cursor:pointer;">&#187;</span>';            
        
        element.innerHTML = pagerHtml;
    }
}