Megatest

        "SELECT val FROM metadat WHERE var=?;" var)
       ;; convert to number if can
       (if (string? res)
           (let ((valnum (string->number res)))
             (if valnum (set! res valnum))))
       res))))

(define (db:inc-var dbstruct var)
  (db:with-db dbstruct #f #t 
	      (lambda (db)
		(sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE metadat SET val=val+1 WHERE var=?;" var))))

(define (db:dec-var dbstruct var)
  (db:with-db dbstruct #f #t 
	      (lambda (db)
		(sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE metadat SET val=val-1 WHERE var=?;" var))))

;; This was part of db:get-var. It was used to estimate the load on
;; the database files.
;;
;; scale by 10, average with current value.
;;     (set! *global-delta* (/ (+ *global-delta* (* (- (current-milliseconds) start-ms)
;; 						 (if throttle throttle 0.01)))
;; 			    2))