Easy way to check existence of a user in DB ? ( Newbie )

[eluser]Thorpe Obazee[/eluser]
[quote author="tekhneek" date="1242047286"]I could be wrong, but wouldn't this achieve the same thing with less code?
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yes it does.
[quote author="tekhneek" date="1242047286"]
I've also noticed that using $this->db->where() is very handy in general, but obviously in situations where conditions are needed say for specific preset rows from a database like:
etc.[/quote]

That's the primary reason I use CI AR