Select, count and where using codeigniter and mysql

Question

I have two table as follow:

- tblSaler

    SalerID  |  SalerName | 
    ----------------------|
    1        |  sothorn   |
    ----------------------|
            


        

Answer 1

   ## try this ##
   $this->db->select($column_name);
    $this->db->where($column_name,$type);
    $q=$this->db->get($table_name);
    $count=$q->result();
    return count($count);'