i got the following dataprovider:
        $command = Yii::app()->db->createCommand();
        $command->select = '
            __t.Time AS Time,
            __t.DeviceID AS DeviceID,
            __t.LogFileID AS LogFileID,
            SensorA,
            /* more columns */
        ';
        $command->from = '(
            SELECT __s.Time, __s.DeviceID , __s.LogFileID FROM SensorLog    __s WHERE __s.DeviceID = "'.$this->__DeviceID.'" UNION
            SELECT __l.Time, __l.DeviceID , __l.LogFileID FROM Location     __l WHERE __l.DeviceID = "'.$this->__DeviceID.'" UNION
            SELECT __a.Time, __a.DeviceID , __a.LogFileID FROM Accelerator  __a WHERE __a.DeviceID = "'.$this->__DeviceID.'" ORDER BY TIME DESC LIMIT 50 '.
                (isset($_REQUEST['page']) ? 'OFFSET '.(50 * ($_REQUEST['page']-1)) : '').'
        ) as __t';
        $command->join = '
            LEFT JOIN SensorLog     ON SensorLog.Time   = __t.Time
            LEFT JOIN Location      ON Location.Time    = __t.Time
            LEFT JOIN Accelerator   ON Accelerator.Time = __t.Time
        ';
        $command->where = $criteria->condition;
        $command->params = $criteria->params;
        //count the total number of rows
        $count_command = Yii::app()->db->createCommand();
        $count_command->select = 'SUM( __count )';
        $count_command->from = '(
            SELECT COUNT(*) AS __count FROM SensorLog    __s WHERE __s.DeviceID = "'.$this->__DeviceID .'" UNION
            SELECT COUNT(*) AS __count FROM Location     __l WHERE __l.DeviceID = "'.$this->__DeviceID .'" UNION
            SELECT COUNT(*) AS __count FROM Accelerator  __a WHERE __a.DeviceID = "'.$this->__DeviceID .'"
        ) as __t';
        $count = Yii::app()->db->createCommand($count_command->text)->queryScalar();
        //create the dataprovider
        return new CSqlDataProvider($command,array(
            'keyField'=>'Time',
            'totalItemCount'=>$count,
            'sort'=>$sort,
            'pagination'=> array(
                'pageSize'=>50,
            )
        ));
The problem is with the pagination inside my gridview.
I don’t need the offset at the end of my sql query, i inserted it manually, hw do i prevent the OFFSET parameter from being addaed at the end of the query???