Problem with CI db query with parentheses/brackets [SOLVED]

[eluser]Atharva[/eluser]
[quote author="coldfire82" date="1294274701"][quote author="Cristian Gilè" date="1294271056"]

One more thing, how can I echo the last sql query executed?
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Code:

echo $this->db->last_query();

will give you the last query executed.

Regarding your problem, you can try following code

Code:

$sql="SELECT id FROM cars Where name = ?";
$query = $this->db->query($sql,array($car_name));