diff --git a/booking.regn_node.inc b/booking.regn_node.inc
index e8487d1..b10d0dc 100644
--- a/booking.regn_node.inc
+++ b/booking.regn_node.inc
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ function _booking_node_create_mysqlview()
 	watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Booking Person View creation result:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r($viewquery, true)));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Function to add single quote marks around a string
+ * @see booking_load_query
+ *
+ * @param $input - string to add quote marks around
+ * @return quoted string
+ */
+function _booking_quote_string($input) {
+        return sprintf("'%s'", $input);
+}
+
 /**
  * Function to query the database for the complete object representing a registration
  *
@@ -100,33 +111,17 @@ function _booking_node_create_mysqlview()
  */
 function booking_load_query($node_ids = NULL, $fetchAssoc = FALSE)
 {
-	global $event;
-	
 	//filter the results either by specific nodes if passed as a parameter or by all nodes matching the event id
-	if (! is_null($node_ids))
-	{
-		//$query = db_query("SELECT * FROM booking_person_view WHERE nid IN :nid", array(':nid' => $node_ids));
-		$query = db_query("SELECT * FROM booking_person_view WHERE nid IN (:nid)", array(':nid' => implode(',', $node_ids)));
-		//$query->condition('p.nid', $node_ids, 'IN');
+	if (! is_null($node_ids)) {
+		$nid_string = implode(',', array_map('_booking_quote_string', $node_ids));
+		$query_string = "SELECT * FROM {booking_person_view} WHERE nid IN ( " . $nid_string . " )";
+		//watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Loading node query:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r($query_string, true)));
+		$result = db_query($query_string)->fetchAllAssoc('nid');
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		$query = db_query("SELECT * FROM booking_person_view");
-		//$query->condition('p.booking_eventid', $event->eid, '=');
+	else {
+		$result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {booking_person_view}")->fetchAllAssoc('nid');
 	}	
-	
-	watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Loading node query:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( (string)$query, true)));
-	
-	//get the query result as either an associative array 
-	if ($fetchAssoc == TRUE)
-	{
-		$result = $query->execute()->fetchAllAssoc('nid');
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		$result = $query->execute();		
-	}
-	
+
 	watchdog('booking', "<pre>Loading node query output:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $result, true)));
 	return $result;
 }