Megatest

		     (cond
		      ((<   (tdb:step-get-event_time a)(tdb:step-get-event_time b)) #t)
		      ((eq? (tdb:step-get-event_time a)(tdb:step-get-event_time b)) 
		       (<   (tdb:step-get-id a)        (tdb:step-get-id b)))
		      (else #f)))))
      res))

;; temporarily passing in dbstruct to support direct access (i.e. bypassing servers)
;;
(define (dcommon:get-compressed-steps dbstruct run-id test-id)
  (let* ((steps-data  (if dbstruct 
  (let* ((steps-data  (db:get-steps-for-test dbstruct run-id test-id))
			  (db:get-steps-for-test dbstruct run-id test-id)
			  (rmt:get-steps-for-test run-id test-id))) 
	 (comprsteps  (dcommon:process-steps-table steps-data))) ;; (open-run-close db:get-steps-table #f test-id work-area: work-area)))
    (map (lambda (x)
	   ;; take advantage of the \n on time->string
	   (vector
	    (vector-ref x 0)
	    (let ((s (vector-ref x 1)))
	      (if (number? s)(seconds->time-string s) s))