diff --git a/system/database/DB_active_rec.php b/system/database/DB_active_rec.php
index 08213af..ba68e1e 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_active_rec.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_active_rec.php
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
  * @package		CodeIgniter
  * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2006, EllisLab, Inc.
- * @license		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/license.html
- * @link		http://codeigniter.com
+ * @license		http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/license.html
+ * @link		http://www.codeigniter.com
  * @since		Version 1.0
  * @filesource
  */
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * @subpackage	Drivers
  * @category	Database
  * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
- * @link		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/
+ * @link		http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/
  */
 class CI_DB_active_record extends CI_DB_driver {
 
@@ -45,6 +45,27 @@
 	var $ar_aliased_tables		= array();
 
 	/**
+	 * DB Prefix
+	 *
+	 * Prepends a database prefix if one exists in configuration
+	 *
+	 * @access	public
+	 * @param	string	the table
+	 * @return	string
+	 */	
+	function dbprefix($table = '')
+	{
+		if ($table == '')
+		{
+			$this->display_error('db_table_name_required');
+		}
+		
+		return $this->dbprefix.$table;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
 	 * Select
 	 *
 	 * Generates the SELECT portion of the query
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 66aa635..8b086fb 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 	<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>
diff --git a/user_guide/database/queries.html b/user_guide/database/queries.html
index 7e9d05d..19b33d5 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/queries.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/queries.html
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
 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>