Megatest

				 (if sync-mode
				     (sqlite3:execute db (conc "PRAGMA synchronous = "sync-mode";")))
				 (if journal-mode
				     (sqlite3:execute db (conc "PRAGMA journal_mode = "journal-mode";")))
				 (if (and init-proc (or force-init
							(not db-exists)))
				     (init-proc db))
				 db))
                             expire-time: 30)
                            (begin
			      (if (file-exists? fname )
                                  (let ((db (sqlite3:open-database fname)))
				    ;; pragmas synchronous not needed because this db is used read-only
				    ;; (sqlite3:execute db (conc "PRAGMA synchronous = "mode";")
				    (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db (sqlite3:make-busy-timeout 30000)) ;; read-only but still need timeout
				    db )

	  (if (file-exists? fname)
	      (handle-exceptions exn
                #f 
                (with-input-from-file fname
	  	  (lambda ()
		    (equal? key-string (read-line)))))
              (begin
                 (dbfile:print-err "dbfile:simple-file-lock created " fname " but it was gone 0.25 seconds later")
	         #f
              )
          )
       )
    )
  )
)

	 (result      (or stmth
			  (let* ((newstmth (sqlite3:prepare db stmt)))
			    ;; (db:hoh-set! stmt-cache db stmt newstmth)
			    (hash-table-set! stmt-cache stmt newstmth)
			    newstmth))))
    (mutex-unlock! *get-cache-stmth-mutex*)
    result))

;;======================================================================
;; cached writes - run list of procs inside transaction
;;   NOTE: this only works because we have once database per process
;;======================================================================

(define *cached-writes-mutex* (make-mutex))
(define *cached-writes-flag*  #f)
(define *cached-writes-queues* (make-hash-table)) ;; dbstruct->list of writes


)