Megatest

	 (handler   (make-busy-timeout (if (args:get-arg "-override-timeout")
					   (string->number (args:get-arg "-override-timeout"))
					   136000)))) ;; 136000))) ;; 136000 = 2.2 minutes
    (if (and dbexists
	     (not write-access))
	(set! *db-write-access* write-access)) ;; only unset so other db's also can use this control
    (debug:print-info 11 "open-db, dbpath=" dbpath " argv=" (argv))
    (if write-access (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db handler))
    (if (not dbexists)
	(db:initialize db))
    ;; Moving db:set-sync to a call in run.scm - it is a persistent value and only needs to be set once
    ;; (db:set-sync db)
    db))

;; keeping it around for debugging purposes only

;; Create the sqlite db for the individual test(s)
(define (open-test-db work-area) 
  (debug:print-info 11 "open-test-db " work-area)
  (if (and work-area 
	   (directory? work-area)
	   (file-read-access? work-area))
      (let* ((dbpath    (conc work-area "/testdat.db"))
	     (tdb-writeable (file-write-access? dbpath))
	     (dbexists  (file-exists? dbpath))
	     (handler   (make-busy-timeout (if (args:get-arg "-override-timeout")
					       (string->number (args:get-arg "-override-timeout"))
					       136000))))
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print 2 "ERROR: problem accessing test db " work-area ", you probably should clean and re-run this test"
			((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	   (set! db (sqlite3:open-database ":memory:"))) ;; open an in-memory db to allow readonly access 
	 (set! db (sqlite3:open-database dbpath)))
	(if *db-write-access* (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db handler))
	(if (not dbexists)
	    (begin
	      (sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA synchronous = FULL;")
	      (debug:print-info 11 "Initialized test database " dbpath)
	      (db:testdb-initialize db)))
	;; (sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA synchronous = 0;")
	(debug:print-info 11 "open-test-db END (sucessful)" work-area)