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Improved explanation in start-database.md (#17748) [skip ci]

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Nisuga Jayawardana
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@ -178,16 +178,19 @@ class CountryController extends Controller
Save the above code in the file `controllers/CountryController.php`. Save the above code in the file `controllers/CountryController.php`.
The `index` action calls `Country::find()`. This Active Record method builds a DB query that can be used to retrieve all of the data from the `country` table. First, The `index` action calls `Country::find()`. This [find()](https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/2.0/yii-db-activerecord#find()-detail) method creates a [ActiveQuery](https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/2.0/yii-db-activequery) query object, which provides methods to access data from the `country` table.
To limit the number of countries returned in each request, the query is paginated with the help of a
To limit the number of countries returned in each request, the query object is paginated with the help of a
[[yii\data\Pagination]] object. The `Pagination` object serves two purposes: [[yii\data\Pagination]] object. The `Pagination` object serves two purposes:
* Sets the `offset` and `limit` clauses for the SQL statement represented by the query so that it only * Sets the `offset` and `limit` clauses for the SQL statement represented by the query object so that it only
returns a single page of data at a time (at most 5 rows in a page). returns a single page of data at a time (at most 5 rows in a page).
* It's used in the view to display a pager consisting of a list of page buttons, as will be explained in * It's used in the view to display a pager consisting of a list of page buttons, as will be explained in
the next subsection. the next subsection.
At the end of the code, the `index` action renders a view named `index`, and passes the country data as well as the pagination Next, [all()](https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/2.0/yii-db-activequery#all()-detail) returns all `country` records based on the query results.
At the end of the code, the `index` action renders a view named `index`, and passes the returned country data as well as the pagination
information to it. information to it.