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I have many database connection i have primary connection in the database.php file 

$active_group = 'default';
$active_record = TRUE;
$db['default']['hostname'] = 'xxx';
$db['default']['username'] = 'xxx';
$db['default']['password'] = 'xxxx';
$db['default']['database'] = 'xxx';
$db['default']['dbdriver'] = 'mysql';
$db['default']['dbprefix'] = '';
$db['default']['pconnect'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['db_debug'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['cache_on'] = FALSE;
$db['default']['cachedir'] = '';
$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8';
$db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';
$db['default']['swap_pre'] = '';
$db['default']['autoinit'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['stricton'] = FALSE;

and i have many more connections .. but i must to config another connections using [Model]

can i pass parameters to database.php?

or can i put like this code in Model

$db['xxx']['hostname'] = 'xxx';
$db['xxx']['username'] = 'xxx';
$db['xxx']['password'] = 'xxxx';
$db['xxx']['database'] = 'xxx';
$db['xxx']['dbdriver'] = 'mysql';
$db['xxx']['dbprefix'] = '';
$db['xxx']['pconnect'] = TRUE;
$db['xxx']['db_debug'] = TRUE;
$db['xxx']['cache_on'] = FALSE;
$db['xxx']['cachedir'] = '';
$db['xxx']['char_set'] = 'utf8';
$db['xxx']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';
$db['xxx']['swap_pre'] = '';
$db['xxx']['autoinit'] = TRUE;
$db['xxx']['stricton'] = FALSE;

$this->load->database('xxx', TRUE);
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I usually define the other db connections in the database.php (as you have it above) then in the model you can call to it like:

$this->xxx_db = $this->load->database('xxx', true); 
$this->xxx_db->set($params);
$sql = $this->xxx_db->insert('table_name');

Doing it this way keeps all the connections in one place - its easier to maintain.

You may also want to see this question: Multiple database connections. I'm not exactly clear on what problem you are having.

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i want to use datamapper also –  dev.bashar Apr 15 '12 at 19:17

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