database.php config not being loaded

[eluser]infinivert[/eluser]
I use get_where without declaring an offset all the time with no problems. However, for the sake of testing, I tried adding in an offset, and I get the same results.

What DID seem to make a difference, bizarre as it sounds, was calling $this->load->database() from the Controller rather than the model. So weird... I have no idea why that worked.