title: Codeigniter: multiple Active Record calls vs lumping together and breaking models
body: <p>If I have an event/function that requires changing a lot of different variables in my Active Record, should I directly access them and change them all at once from my library or have the library do multiple model calls?</p>
  
  <p>The data I want to change is spread over a handful of different mysql tables but some are within the same table. </p>
  
  <p>I'm concerned that doing the multiple model calls will hurt performance but doing the alternative will probably break modularity and prevent reusability.</p>