Looping through a DB for all information

[eluser]codemonkey[/eluser]
I tried everything I could think of, I'm just spinning my wheels replacing random text and hoping for a good result.

I do not know how to convert your example to active records or how to implement as is into a working form.
I have no idea how to take the output and format it into something I can use.

I don't mind reading, I feel I have read the CI active records info a million times, can you provide a source of something that will help me understand?

I feel I should learn instead of asking for you to write the code but I got nothing and I feel like crap admitting it.

Thanks