fixed bug where active record override wasn't being honored properly
diff --git a/system/database/DB.php b/system/database/DB.php
index 0f734d7..0451c18 100644
--- a/system/database/DB.php
+++ b/system/database/DB.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
  * @link		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/
  */
-function &DB($params = '', $active_record_override = FALSE)
+function &DB($params = '', $active_record_override = NULL)
 {
 	// Load the DB config file if a DSN string wasn't passed
 	if (is_string($params) AND strpos($params, '://') === FALSE)
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@
 	// based on whether we're using the active record class or not.
 	// Kudos to Paul for discovering this clever use of eval()
 	
-	if ($active_record_override == TRUE)
+	if ($active_record_override !== NULL)
 	{
-		$active_record = TRUE;
+		$active_record = $active_record_override;
 	}
 	
 	require_once(BASEPATH.'database/DB_driver'.EXT);
diff --git a/system/libraries/Loader.php b/system/libraries/Loader.php
index 781c83c..710c5c1 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Loader.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Loader.php
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 	 * @param	bool	whether to enable active record (this allows us to override the config setting)
 	 * @return	object
 	 */	
-	function database($params = '', $return = FALSE, $active_record = FALSE)
+	function database($params = '', $return = FALSE, $active_record = NULL)
 	{
 		// Grab the super object
 		$CI =& get_instance();
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 22a54a2..116aaa6 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 	<li>Modified inflector helper to properly pluralize words that end in 'ch' or 'sh'</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug in xss_clean() that was not allowing hyphens in query strings of submitted URLs.</li>
 	<li>Fixed bugs in get_dir_file_info() and get_file_info() in the File Helper with recursion, and file paths on Windows.</li>
+	<li>Fixed a bug where Active Record override parameter would not let you disable Active Record if it was enabled in your database config file.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Version 1.7.2</h2>