connecting to the database

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@wilfred: please check your $this->db->query($sql, array('EABL'));
when you are going to use db->query the argument their is only the query string.
Like this:

$this->load->database();
$sql = “SELECT * FROM hippo WHERE manufacturer = ?”;
$this->db->query($sql);

see the documentation for more info.