how to send loop data to view

[eluser]jcjc[/eluser]
Querying a database to return data in a loop to a view. How can I send the data to the view?

my function inside a model code is:

Code:

$query = $this->db->get('item');

  if($query->num_rows() > 0 )
  {

   foreach($query->result() as $row)
   {
    
      $data[] = $row;
   }

    return $data;
  }

I thought I could just use this to send it to the view:

Code:

$this->data['itemName'] = $data['ItemName'];

$this->load->view('items', $this->data);

error message I get is:

Code:

Undefined variable: data

if $data is being returned howcome data is undefined??

Thanks