What does this active record query do? -> db->select('1', false)

[eluser]Frenky.net[/eluser]
Now i see! The reason for this is quite simple. He's trying to get the number of login attempts.
Where others would return just one column, he isn't returning any data from the table.
He's just returning a static number, in this case 1.
This will speed up the selection proces as he isn't accessing a column. So he gets the same result but then quicker!

This is a strange way of doing:

Code:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `table` WHERE `column` = "value"

I think the count(*) is quicker, but i don't know for sure.
Hope this helps!