Echo query before execution and without execution in codeigniter Active Record

Question

I am looking for a way to see generated string of the query but without executing it.

Note that the query hasn\'t been executed before. (I do not wa

Answer 1

You can see the compiled query by either of these functions

/* SELECT */ $this->db->_compile_select();
/* INSERT */ $this->db->_insert();
/* UPDATE */ $this->db->_update();