Examples of using the Model class?

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
It is what it is. MVC, CV, AC/DC.. whatever you want to call it or it wants to call itself. The use of Models in CI can merely be seen as logical separation (otherwise known as organization).

From the user guide:

Models are optionally available for those who want to use a more traditional MVC approach... Models are PHP classes that are designed to work with information in your database. For example, let's say you use CodeIgniter to manage a blog. You might have a model class that contains functions to insert, update, and retrieve your blog data.