Catch DB error

I've tracked down the problem to the display_error method in system/database/DB_driver class.
At line 1704 (last line of the method), there's :

PHP Code:

        exit(8); // EXIT_DATABASE 


So, no wonder each time there's a database error, the application does not go any further: it just stops there !

I commented out this line, and now I do receive an exception and the return of the insert method from my model returns true or false (according to success or failure).

May be that's something that should be considered in the standard CodeIgniter code base.


Cheers,
L@u