Megatest

	(if (or (not (number? mtime))
		(not (number? stime))
		(> mtime stime)
		force-sync)
	    (begin
	      (db:delay-if-busy rundb)
	      (db:delay-if-busy olddb)
	      (let ((num-synced (db:sync-tables db:sync-tests-only inmem refdb rundb olddb)))
		(dbr:dbstruct-set-stime! dbstruct (current-milliseconds))
	      (dbr:dbstruct-set-stime! dbstruct (current-milliseconds))
	      (let ((num-synced (db:sync-tables db:sync-tests-only inmem refdb rundb olddb)))
		(mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
		num-synced)
	      (begin
		(mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
		0))))))

(define (db:close-main dbstruct)

       res))))

;;======================================================================
;; QUEUE UP META, TEST STATUS AND STEPS REMOTE ACCESS
;;======================================================================

;; NOTE: Can remove the regex and base64 encoding for zmq
(define (db:obj->string obj)
  (case *transport-type*
(define (db:obj->string obj #!key (transport 'http))
  (case transport
    ;; ((fs) obj)
    ((http fs)
     (string-substitute
      (regexp "=") "_"
      (base64:base64-encode 
       (z3:encode-buffer
	(with-output-to-string
	  (lambda ()(serialize obj)))))
      #t))
    ((zmq)(with-output-to-string (lambda ()(serialize obj))))
    ((zmq nmsg)(with-output-to-string (lambda ()(serialize obj))))
    (else obj)))

(define (db:string->obj msg)
  (case *transport-type*
(define (db:string->obj msg #!key (transport 'http))
  (case transport
    ;; ((fs) msg)
    ((http fs)
     (if (string? msg)
	 (with-input-from-string 
	     (z3:decode-buffer
	      (base64:base64-decode
	       (string-substitute 
		(regexp "_") "=" msg #t)))
	   (lambda ()(deserialize)))
	 (begin
	   (debug:print 0 "ERROR: reception failed. Received " msg " but cannot translate it.")
	   #f))) ;; crude reply for when things go awry
    ((zmq)(with-input-from-string msg (lambda ()(deserialize))))
    ((zmq nmsg)(with-input-from-string msg (lambda ()(deserialize))))
    (else msg)))

(define (db:test-set-status-state dbstruct run-id test-id status state msg)
  (let ((dbdat  (db:get-db dbstruct run-id)))
    (if (member state '("LAUNCHED" "REMOTEHOSTSTART"))
	(db:general-call dbdat 'set-test-start-time (list test-id)))
    (if msg