diff -r 7d0e65712a95 -r 5d7d1adf387f src/org/sonews/storage/impl/JDBCDatabase.java
--- a/src/org/sonews/storage/impl/JDBCDatabase.java	Tue Jun 07 09:23:34 2011 +0200
+++ b/src/org/sonews/storage/impl/JDBCDatabase.java	Tue Jun 07 11:55:22 2011 +0200
@@ -53,49 +53,49 @@
 {
 
 	public static final int MAX_RESTARTS = 2;
-	private Connection conn = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtAddArticle1 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtAddArticle2 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtAddArticle3 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtAddArticle4 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtAddGroup0 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtAddEvent = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtCountArticles = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtCountGroups = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtDeleteArticle0 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtDeleteArticle1 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtDeleteArticle2 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtDeleteArticle3 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticle0 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticle1 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleHeaders0 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleHeaders1 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleHeads = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleIDs = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleIndex = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetConfigValue = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetEventsCount0 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetEventsCount1 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetGroupForList = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetGroup0 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetGroup1 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetFirstArticleNumber = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetListForGroup = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetLastArticleNumber = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetMaxArticleID = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetMaxArticleIndex = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetOldestArticle = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetPostingsCount = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtGetSubscriptions = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtIsArticleExisting = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtIsGroupExisting = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtPurgeGroup0 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtPurgeGroup1 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtSetConfigValue0 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtSetConfigValue1 = null;
-	private PreparedStatement pstmtUpdateGroup = null;
+	protected Connection conn = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtAddArticle1 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtAddArticle2 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtAddArticle3 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtAddArticle4 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtAddGroup0 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtAddEvent = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtCountArticles = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtCountGroups = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtDeleteArticle0 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtDeleteArticle1 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtDeleteArticle2 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtDeleteArticle3 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticle0 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticle1 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleHeaders0 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleHeaders1 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleHeads = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleIDs = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetArticleIndex = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetConfigValue = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetEventsCount0 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetEventsCount1 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetGroupForList = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetGroup0 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetGroup1 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetFirstArticleNumber = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetListForGroup = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetLastArticleNumber = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetMaxArticleID = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetMaxArticleIndex = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetOldestArticle = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetPostingsCount = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtGetSubscriptions = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtIsArticleExisting = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtIsGroupExisting = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtPurgeGroup0 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtPurgeGroup1 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtSetConfigValue0 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtSetConfigValue1 = null;
+	protected PreparedStatement pstmtUpdateGroup = null;
 	/** How many times the database connection was reinitialized */
-	private int restarts = 0;
+	protected int restarts = 0;
 
 	/**
 	 * Rises the database: reconnect and recreate all prepared statements.