DataMapper ORM v1.8.0

[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
That would be simple, but i'm not for that, as it would possibly load the database with the incorrect settings.

I prefer the user (of Datamapper) to be conscious of how the interaction with the database takes place, given the fact that you can configure Datamapper work indenpently from CI's database config through the datamapper config file. If you configure that properly (check dbparms), datamapper will autoload a database connection (which will then not be available though $this->db in CI).