public boolean isEggInDatabase(String feedID){
		boolean eggInDatabase = true;
		String query = "SELECT COUNT(feature_of_interest_id) FROM feature_of_interest WHERE feature_of_interest_id='"+feedID+"'";
		try {
			Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
			ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
			//move iterator one step
			rs.next();
			if (rs.getInt("count")!=0) {
				eggInDatabase = true;
			} else {
				eggInDatabase = false;
			}
		} catch (SQLException e) {
			logger.warn("Invalid query: "+ query, e);
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return eggInDatabase;
	}