Megatest

  (let ((syncprag (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "sychronous")))
    (sqlite3:execute db (conc "PRAGMA synchronous = " (or syncprag 0) ";")))) 

;; open an sql database inside a file lock
;; returns: db existed-prior-to-opening
;; RA => Returns a db handler; sets the lock if opened in writable mode
;;
;;(define *db-open-mutex* (make-mutex))

(define (db:lock-create-open fname initproc)
  (let* ((parent-dir   (or (pathname-directory fname)(current-directory))) ;; no parent? go local
	 (dir-writable (file-write-access? parent-dir))
	 (file-exists  (file-exists? fname))
	 (file-write   (if file-exists
			   (file-write-access? fname)
			   dir-writable )))
    ;;(mutex-lock! *db-open-mutex*) ;; tried this mutex, not clear it helped.
    (if file-write ;; dir-writable
	(let (;; (lock    (obtain-dot-lock fname 1 5 10))
	      (db      (sqlite3:open-database fname)))
	  (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db (make-busy-timeout 136000))
	  ;; (db:set-sync db)
	  (sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA synchronous = 0;")
	  (if (not file-exists)
	      (begin
		(if (string-match "^/tmp/.*" fname) ;; this is a file in /tmp
              (begin
		(if (and (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "use-wal")
                         (string-match "^/tmp/.*" fname)) ;; this is a file in /tmp
		    (sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;")
		    (print "Creating " fname " in NON-WAL mode."))
		(initproc db)))
	  ;; (release-dot-lock fname)
          ;;(mutex-unlock! *db-open-mutex*)
	  db)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "WARNING: opening db in non-writable dir " fname)
	  (sqlite3:open-database fname))))) ;; )
	  (let ((db (sqlite3:open-database fname)))
            ;;(mutex-unlock! *db-open-mutex*)
            db))))) ;; )






;; ;; This routine creates the db. It is only called if the db is not already opened
;; ;; 
;; (define (db:open-rundb dbstruct run-id #!key (attemptnum 0)(do-not-open #f)) ;;  (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db") (car *configinfo*)))
;;   (let* ((dbfile       (db:dbfile-path run-id)) ;; (conc toppath "/db/" run-id ".db"))
;;          (dbexists     (file-exists? dbfile))
;;          (db           (db:lock-create-open dbfile (lambda (db)

   ;;  (exit 1))))

;; Open the classic megatest.db file (defaults to open in toppath)
;;
;;   NOTE: returns a dbdat not a dbstruct!
;;
(define (db:open-megatest-db #!key (path #f)(name #f))
  (let* ((dbdir        (or path *toppath*))
  (let* ((dbpath       (conc (or path *toppath*) "/" (or name "megatest.db")))
         (dbpath       (conc  dbdir "/" (or name "megatest.db")))
	 (dbexists     (file-exists? dbpath))
	 (db           (db:lock-create-open dbpath
					    (lambda (db)
					      (db:initialize-main-db db)
                                              (db:initialize-main-db db)
					      (db:initialize-run-id-db db))))
	 (write-access (file-write-access? dbpath)))
    (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "db:open-megatest-db "dbpath)
    (if (and dbexists (not write-access))
	(set! *db-write-access* #f))
    (cons db dbpath)))

;; (define open-run-close 
(define open-run-close open-run-close-exception-handling)
		;;	   open-run-close-no-exception-handling
;;			   open-run-close-exception-handling)
;;)

(define (db:initialize-main-db dbdat)
  (when (not *configinfo*)
           (launch:setup)) ;; added because Elena was getting stack dump because *configinfo* below was #f.
  (let* ((configdat (car *configinfo*))  ;; tut tut, global warning...
	 (keys     (keys:config-get-fields configdat))
	 (havekeys (> (length keys) 0))
	 (keystr   (keys->keystr keys))
	 (fieldstr (keys->key/field keys))
	 (db       (db:dbdat-get-db dbdat)))
    (for-each (lambda (key)