[eluser]Davcon[/eluser]
Thank you so much.
That page you gave a link to was very helpful. Interestingly, the page is hidden within the inner bowels of the manual. It's not on the index page (the page that comes up when you click the fancy pull down button) and finding the page is a bit tricky. I have to also highlight the fact that num->rows() does not get a mention in the active record page of the user guide which is, I think, a more obvious place to look.
Clearly I have to be grateful to the makers of Codeigniter for building the framework and for making all of this possible - absolutely free of charge. So, please let me stress that I am very grateful and I am humble.
At first I thought my original question was stupid. However, now I'm not so sure if it was a stupid question after all.
Thanks again for your help!
