mysqli database driver

[eluser]ray73864[/eluser]
For some reason when i upgraded from CI 1.6.3 to CI 1.7, i had to change my database driver from mysqli to mysql

leaving it as mysqli it would come up saying that it couldn't connect to the database server with the provided settings, yet it would work fine in 1.6.3, is there still a mysqli database driver in 1.7?

[eluser]narkaT[/eluser]
see this thread: CI 1.7: mysqli error when using empty port