diff -r 6fceb66e1ad7 -r 1090e2141798 org/sonews/daemon/storage/Database.java
--- a/org/sonews/daemon/storage/Database.java	Fri Jun 26 16:48:50 2009 +0200
+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/storage/Database.java	Wed Jul 01 10:48:22 2009 +0200
@@ -482,8 +482,7 @@
       this.conn.setAutoCommit(false);
       
       this.pstmtDeleteArticle0.setString(1, messageID);
-      ResultSet rs = this.pstmtDeleteArticle0.executeQuery();
-      rs.next();
+      int rs = this.pstmtDeleteArticle0.executeUpdate();
       
       // We trust the ON DELETE CASCADE functionality to delete
       // orphaned references