Megatest

			   ;; get the sender info
			   ;; this should match (server:get-client-signature)
			   ;; we will need to process "all" messages here some day
			   (rmsg sub-socket)
			   ;; now get the actual message
			   (set! res (db:string->obj (rmsg  sub-socket))))))
	 (timeout (lambda ()
		    (thread-sleep! 60)
		    (if (not res)
			(if (> numretries 0)
			    (begin
			      (debug:print 0 "WARNING: no reply to query " params ", trying again")
			      (apply cdb:client-call zmq-sockets qtype immediate (- numretries 1) params))
			    (begin
			      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: cdb:client-call timed out " params ", exiting.")

	'(delete-tests-in-state   "DELETE FROM tests WHERE state=? AND run_id=?;")
	'(tests:test-set-toplog    "UPDATE tests SET final_logf=? WHERE run_id=? AND testname=? AND item_path='';")
    ))

;; do not run these as part of the transaction
(define db:special-queries   '(rollup-tests-pass-fail
			       db:roll-up-pass-fail-counts
                               login
                               immediate))

;; not used, intended to indicate to run in calling process
(define db:run-local-queries '()) ;; rollup-tests-pass-fail))

;; The queue is a list of vectors where the zeroth slot indicates the type of query to
;; apply and the second slot is the time of the query and the third entry is a list of 
;; values to be applied

	 (if special-qry

	     ;; handle a query that cannot be part of the grouped queries
	     (let* ((stmt-key       (cdb:packet-get-qtype special-qry))
		    (return-address (cdb:packet-get-client-sig special-qry))
		    (qry            (hash-table-ref/default queries stmt-key #f))
		    (params         (cdb:packet-get-params special-qry)))
	       (debug:print-info 11 "Special queries/requests stmt-key=" stmt-key ", return-address=" return-address ", qry=" qry ", params=" params)
	       (cond
		;; Special queries
		((string? qry)
		 (apply sqlite3:execute db qry params)
		 (server:reply pubsock return-address #t))
		;; ((and (not (null? params))
		;;       (procedure? (car params)))
		;;  (let ((proc      (car params))
		;;        (remparams (cdr params)))
		;;    ;; we are being handed a procedure so call it
		;;    (debug:print-info 11 "Running (apply " proc " " db " " remparams ")")
		;;    (server:reply pubsock return-address (apply proc db remparams))))
		
		(else 
		 (case stmt-key
		   ((immediate)
		    (let ((proc      (car params))
			  (remparams (cdr params)))
		      ;; we are being handed a procedure so call it
		      (debug:print-info 11 "Running (apply " proc " " remparams ")")
		      (server:reply pubsock return-address (apply proc remparams))))
		   ((login)
		    (if (< (length params) 3) ;; should get toppath, version and signature
			'(#f "login failed due to missing params") ;; missing params
			(let ((calling-path (car   params))
			      (calling-vers (cadr  params))
			      (client-key   (caddr params)))
			  (if (and (equal? calling-path *toppath*)

			   (if (null? stmts)
			       stmts
			       (let innerloop ((hed (car stmts))
					       (tal (cdr stmts)))
				 (let ((params         (cdb:packet-get-params hed))
				       (return-address (cdb:packet-get-client-sig hed))
				       (stmt-key       (cdb:packet-get-qtype hed)))

				   (if (member stmt-key db:special-queries)
				       (begin
					 (debug:print-info 11 "Handling special statement " stmt-key)
					 (cons hed tal))
				       (begin
					 (debug:print-info 11 "Executing " stmt-key " for " params)
					 (apply sqlite3:execute (hash-table-ref queries stmt-key) params)
					 (server:reply pubsock return-address #t)