diff -ru snort-2.8.4.orig/src/output-plugins/spo_database.c snort-2.8.4/src/output-plugins/spo_database.c
--- snort-2.8.4.orig/src/output-plugins/spo_database.c	2009-01-26 16:50:26.000000000 -0500
+++ snort-2.8.4/src/output-plugins/spo_database.c	2009-04-14 10:43:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -2798,6 +2798,14 @@
                     {
                         result = atoi(data->m_row[0]);
                     }
+		      else
+		      {
+		    	result = 0;
+		      }
+		    }
+		    else
+		    {
+		      result = 0;
                 }
             }
             mysql_free_result(data->m_result);