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<li>Other Database Related
<ul>
<li>Added $this->DB->save_queries variable to DB driver, enabling queries to get saved or not. Previously they were always saved.</li>
+ <li>Added $this->db->dbprefix() to manually add database prefixes.</li>
<li>Added 'random' as an <kbd>order_by()</kbd> option , and removed &quot;rand()&quot; as a listed option as it was MySQL only.</li>
<li>Added a check for NULL fields in the MySQL database backup utility.</li>
<li>Added &quot;constrain_by_prefix&quot; parameter to db-&gt;list_table() function. If set to TRUE it will limit the result to only table names with the current prefix.</li>
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@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ It DOES NOT return a database result set, nor does it set the query timer, or co
It simply lets you submit a query. Most users will rarely use this function.</p>
+<h1>Adding Database prefixes manually</h1>
+<p>If you have configured a database prefix and would like to add it in manually for, you can use the following.</p>
+<p><code>$this-&gt;db-&gt;dbprefix('tablename');<br />
+// outputs prefix_tablename</code></p>
<h1>Protecting identifiers</h1>
<p>In many databases it is advisable to protect table and field names - for example with backticks in MySQL. Active Record queries are automatically protected, however if you need to manually protect an identifier you can use:</p>
<p><code>$this-&gt;db-&gt;protect_identifier('table_name');</code></p>