CakePHP Paginate() the results from a find subquery?

This is a follow-up to an earlier question here: CakePHP find statement for a sql query involving two models

I wasn't sure whether to add it on to there, but I figured this is a new question in itself. My apologies if this isn't correct!

Given a cakephp find subquery, is it possible to use paginate() on the results of the find开发者_如何学Go? from the cake documentation, it seems that the paginate() function only works on Models, not on an array of data.

Thank you!

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if you already have all the data in the array, I suggest output all that to your page (not the same as showing all the data) and use javascript to paginate it (just use a javascript grid plugin out there): more responsive app and less load on the server.