diff -rup vote_up_down/vud.module vote_up_down_new/vud.module
--- vote_up_down/vud.module	2010-10-22 17:46:25.000000000 +1100
+++ vud.module	2010-11-01 10:17:35.929303888 +1100
@@ -214,8 +214,25 @@ function vud_ctools_plugin_directory($mo
  * Implementation of votingapi hook_votingapi_results_alter().
  */
 function vud_votingapi_results_alter(&$cache, $content_type, $content_id) {
-  $vud_cache = _vud_get_standard_results($content_type, $content_id);
-  $cache = array_merge_recursive($cache, $vud_cache);
+  // Positive points.
+  $sql = "SELECT SUM(v.value) as value_positives, v.tag ";
+  $sql .= "FROM {votingapi_vote} v ";
+  $sql .= "WHERE v.content_type = '%s' AND v.content_id = %d AND v.value_type = 'points' AND v.value > 0 ";
+  $sql .= "GROUP BY v.value_type, v.tag";
+  $result = db_query($sql, $content_type, $content_id);
+  while ($record = db_fetch_object($result)) {
+    $cache[$record->tag]['points']['positives'] = $record->value_positives;
+  }
+
+  // Negative points.
+  $sql = "SELECT SUM(v.value) as value_negatives, v.tag ";
+  $sql .= "FROM {votingapi_vote} v ";
+  $sql .= "WHERE v.content_type = '%s' AND v.content_id = %d AND v.value_type = 'points' AND v.value < 0 ";
+  $sql .= "GROUP BY v.value_type, v.tag";
+  $result = db_query($sql, $content_type, $content_id);
+  while ($record = db_fetch_object($result)) {
+    $cache[$record->tag]['points']['negatives'] = $record->value_negatives;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -234,36 +251,3 @@ function vud_votingapi_metadata_alter(&$
   );
 }
 
-/**
- * Calculate positive/negative results for VotingAPI cache.
- *
- * We provide 0 if not votes found.
- */
-function _vud_get_standard_results($content_type, $content_id) {
-  $cache = array();
-  $tag = variable_get('vud_tag', 'vote');
-
-  $sql  = "SELECT SUM(v.value) as value_positives ";
-  $sql .= "FROM {votingapi_vote} v ";
-  $sql .= "WHERE v.content_type = '%s' AND v.content_id = %d AND v.value_type = 'points' AND v.value > 0 ";
-  $sql .= "GROUP BY v.value_type, v.tag";
-  $value_positives = db_result(db_query($sql, $content_type, $content_id));
-
-  if ($value_positives === FALSE) {
-    $value_positives = 0;
-  }
-  $cache[$tag]['points']['positives'] = $value_positives;
-
-  $sql  = "SELECT SUM(v.value) as value_negatives ";
-  $sql .= "FROM {votingapi_vote} v ";
-  $sql .= "WHERE v.content_type = '%s' AND v.content_id = %d AND v.value_type = 'points' AND v.value < 0 ";
-  $sql .= "GROUP BY v.value_type, v.tag";
-  $value_negatives = db_result(db_query($sql, $content_type, $content_id));
-
-  if ($value_negatives === FALSE) {
-    $value_negatives = 0;
-  }
-  $cache[$tag]['points']['negatives'] = $value_negatives;
-
-  return $cache;
-}