[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
Okay. Things will break (or at least, work in non-predictable, non-sane ways) if you do things like this.
Database calls should be done in your model(s).
Your view(s) should present the data, as in, create HTML output using whatever raw data is given to them.
Your controller should make calls to the model, and then make a call to the view.
(In its simplest terms - this is what you're aiming at - it can get more complex later.)
I strongly encourage you to go and read up on the first several chapters of the user guide, especially the bits about models, views, controllers.
