--- a/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua	Sun Oct 08 00:35:09 2017 +0200
+++ b/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua	Sun Oct 08 01:23:43 2017 +0200
@@ -356,11 +356,7 @@
 			module:log("error", "Unable to get item: %s", err);
 			return nil, err;
 		end
-		-- Workaround for buggy SQL drivers which require iterating until we get a nil.
-		local id, payload, when, publisher;
-		for a, b, c, d in data do
-			id, payload, when, publisher = a, b, c, d;
-		end
+		local id, payload, when, publisher = data();
 		module:log("debug", "Get item %s (published at %s by %s) from store %s", id, when, publisher, store);
 		if id == nil then
 			return nil;