[eluser]OverZealous[/eluser]
[quote author="macigniter" date="1253115364"]
i was just trying to do this and found out that it doesn't work...[/quote]
$C->exists is based on the ID. $c->exists will only return TRUE if this is an object with an assigned ID, so in SELECT queries, or queries that don't include an ID, it will always return FALSE.