Megatest

	      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: local query failed; cmd=" cmd ", run-id=" run-id ", params=" params ". Trying again.")
	      (thread-sleep! (/ (random 5000) 1000)) ;; some random delay 
	      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd run-id area-dat params remretries: (- remretries 1)))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: too many retries in rmt:open-qry-close-locally, giving up")
	      #f))
	(begin
	  ;; (rmt:update-db-stats run-id cmd params duration)
	  ;; mark this run as dirty if this was a write
	  (if (not (member cmd api:read-only-queries))
	      (let ((start-time (current-seconds)))
		(mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
		;; (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *db-local-sync* run-id #f))
		;; just set it every time. Is a write more expensive than a read and does it matter?
		(hash-table-set! *db-local-sync* (or run-id 0) start-time) ;; the oldest "write"

					   (mutex-lock! multi-run-mutex)
					   (set! result (append result res))
					   (mutex-unlock! multi-run-mutex))
					 (debug:print 0 "ERROR: get-tests-for-run-mindata failed for run-id " hed ", testpatt " testpatt ", states " states ", status " status ", not-in " not-in))))
				 (conc "multi-run-thread for run-id " hed)))
		     (newthreads (cons newthread threads)))
		(thread-start! newthread)
		(thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; give that thread some time to start
		(if (null? tal)
		    newthreads
		    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) newthreads))))))
    result))

;; ;; IDEA: Threadify these - they spend a lot of time waiting ...
;; ;;