Problems with models calling other models

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
[quote author="xwero" date="1239026323"]I think most of these other model method calls can be prevented by creating a join query in the method. It seems like a a lot of people push the one model one table rule too far.[/quote]

Agreed. But if someone feels they absolutely must, get an instance of the controller class with get_instance()