Connection to DB from library

[eluser]mikeyhell[/eluser]
Why not just use the inflector helpers and in your models create a function similar to this:

controller

Code:

$this->model_name->getCat(humanize($this->uri->segment(3)));

Model

Code:

function getCat($catName){
  $this->db->select('id');
  $this->db->where('name', $catName);
  $query= $this->db->get('categories')
  
  if( $query->num_rows() > 0 ):
    $result= $query->result();
  else:
    $result= false;
  endif;

  return $result
}