my_model, queries and joins

[eluser]threestate[/eluser]
well thanks, i figured it out though.
definitely wouldnt say it's 'out of my league'. I'm actually a coldfusion and .net developer, and got thrown into some php projects. Thought codeigniter might be a good framework to work with. It is.
I like it.
And for the most part I find this forum incredibly helpful. I'll try not to ask any basic arithmetic questions in the future.