has query escaping problem been fixed in 1.7?

[eluser]a_z_[/eluser]
Hi guys,

Thanks for the responses.

pyromaniac, I see what you are saying, but just so we're clear,
I'm not talking about very sophisticated queries here. E.g.:

$this->db->select('count(results.idnum) as totalresults');

This works great in CI 1.6.3, but under 1.7 it chokes unless
I add FALSE as a second parameter. I agree that Active
Record may not be appropriate for complex queries, but I
currently have a large number of pretty simple queries
that work fine under 1.6.3, and it's a shame that they won't
work under 1.7.

I think Active Record is a great way to put database calls
together and I'm concerned that this new feature makes it
significantly less useful.

thanks,
az