protected function get_batch() {
		global $wpdb;

		$table        = $wpdb->options;
		$column       = 'option_name';
		$key_column   = 'option_id';
		$value_column = 'option_value';

		if ( is_multisite() ) {
			$table        = $wpdb->sitemeta;
			$column       = 'meta_key';
			$key_column   = 'meta_id';
			$value_column = 'meta_value';
		}

		$key = $wpdb->esc_like( $this->identifier . '_batch_' ) . '%';

		$query = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "
			SELECT *
			FROM {$table}
			WHERE {$column} LIKE %s
			ORDER BY {$key_column} ASC
			LIMIT 1
		", $key ) );

		$batch       = new stdClass();
		$batch->key  = $query->$column;
		$batch->data = maybe_unserialize( $query->$value_column );

		return $batch;
	}