Trying to remember a CI function/ability

[eluser]capypara[/eluser]
I remember reading about this somewhere in the CI docs, but i cant remember the name of this feature.

Instead of coding
$result = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM someDB WHERE name = $name");
CI can do this
$result = $this->db->select("someDB", $name);

May i know what this function is? It's in CI isnt it? Hopefully my mind isnt playing tricks on me lol