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	  exn
	(begin
	  (print "Attempt to safely close sqlite3 db failed. Trying again. exn=" exn)
	  (thread-sleep! 3)
	  (sqlite3:interrupt! db)
	  (db:safely-close-sqlite3-db db stmtcache try-num: (- try-num 1)))
	(if (sqlite3:database? db)
	    (let* ((stmts (and stmt-cache (hash-table-ref/default stmt-cache db #f))))
	      (if stmts (map sqlite3:finalize! (hash-table-values stmts)))
	      (sqlite3:finalize! db)
	      #t)
	    #f))))

;; close all opened run-id dbs
(define (db:close-all dbstruct)

              (thread-sleep! delay-handicap)
              (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "synthetic sync delay of "delay-handicap" seconds completed")
              )
            
	    ;; first pass implementation, just insert all changed rows
	    (for-each 
	     (lambda (targdb)
	       (let* ((db                 (db:dbdat-get-db targdb))
                      (drp-trigger        (if (member "last_update" field-names)
					      (db:drop-trigger db tablename) 
					      #f))
                      (is-trigger-dropped (if (member "last_update" field-names)
                                              (db:is-trigger-dropped db tablename)
					      #f)) 
		      (stmth  (sqlite3:prepare db full-ins)))
		 ;; (db:delay-if-busy targdb) ;; NO WAITING
                 (if (member "last_update" field-names)
                     (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "is-trigger-dropped: " is-trigger-dropped)) 
		 (for-each
		  (lambda (fromdat-lst)
		    (sqlite3:with-transaction

(define db:trigger-list 
     (list (list "update_runs_trigger"  "CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS update_runs_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON runs
                             FOR EACH ROW
                               BEGIN 
                                 UPDATE runs SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))
                                   WHERE id=old.id;
                               END;" ) 
	   (list "update_run_stats_trigger"  "CREATE TRIGGER  IF NOT EXISTS update_run_stats_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON run_stats
                             FOR EACH ROW
                               BEGIN 
                                 UPDATE run_stats SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))
                                   WHERE id=old.id;
                               END;" )
	   (list "update_tests_trigger"  "CREATE TRIGGER  IF NOT EXISTS update_tests_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON tests
                             FOR EACH ROW
                               BEGIN 
                                 UPDATE tests SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))
                                   WHERE id=old.id;
                               END;" )
	   (list "update_teststeps_trigger"  "CREATE TRIGGER  IF NOT EXISTS update_teststeps_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON test_steps
                             FOR EACH ROW
                               BEGIN 
                                 UPDATE test_steps SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))
                                   WHERE id=old.id;
                               END;" )
	   (list "update_test_data_trigger"  "CREATE TRIGGER  IF NOT EXISTS update_test_data_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON test_data
                             FOR EACH ROW
                               BEGIN 
                                 UPDATE test_data SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))
                                   WHERE id=old.id;
                               END;" )))

(define (db:create-all-triggers dbstruct)
(db:with-db
   dbstruct #f #f
   (lambda (db)
(db:create-triggers db))))

(define (db:create-triggers db)
    (for-each (lambda (key)
              (sqlite3:execute db (cadr key)))
          db:trigger-list))

(define (db:drop-all-triggers dbstruct)
  (db:with-db
   dbstruct #f #f
   (lambda (db)
     (db:drop-triggers db))))

(define (db:is-trigger-dropped db tbl-name)
  (let* ((trigger-name (if (equal? tbl-name "test_steps")
			   "update_teststeps_trigger" 
                           (conc "update_" tbl-name "_trigger")))
	 (res          #f))
    (sqlite3:for-each-row
     (lambda (name)
       (if (equal? name trigger-name)
	   (set! res #t)))
     db 
     "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'trigger' ;" 
     )))

(define (db:drop-triggers db)
  (for-each
   (lambda (key) 
     (sqlite3:execute db (conc "drop trigger if exists " (car key))))
   db:trigger-list))

(define  (db:drop-trigger db tbl-name)
  (let* ((trigger-name (if (equal? tbl-name "test_steps")
			   "update_teststeps_trigger" 
                           (conc "update_" tbl-name "_trigger"))))
    (for-each
     (lambda (key) 
       (if (equal? (car key) trigger-name)
           (sqlite3:execute db (conc "drop trigger if exists " trigger-name))))
     db:trigger-list)))

(define  (db:create-trigger db tbl-name)
      (let* ((trigger-name (if (equal? tbl-name "test_steps")
                              "update_teststeps_trigger" 
                              (conc "update_" tbl-name "_trigger"))))
       (for-each (lambda (key) 
             (if (equal? (car key) trigger-name)

			  (string->number res)
			  #f)))
          (if newres
              newres
              res))
        res)))

(define (db:no-sync-close-db db stmt-cache)
  (db:safely-close-sqlite3-db db stmt-cache))

;; transaction protected lock aquisition
;; either:
;;    fails    returns  (#f . lock-creation-time)
;;    succeeds (returns (#t . lock-creation-time)
;; use (db:no-sync-del! db keyname) to release the lock
;;
(define (db:no-sync-get-lock db-in keyname)
  (let ((db (db:no-sync-db db-in)))
    (sqlite3:with-transaction
     db
     (lambda ()
       (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	 (let ((lock-time (current-seconds)))
	   (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "db:no-sync-get-lock keyname=" keyname ", lock-time=" lock-time ", exn=" exn)
	   (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT INTO no_sync_metadat (var,val) VALUES(?,?);" keyname lock-time)
	   `(#t . ,lock-time))
	 `(#f . ,(sqlite3:first-result db "SELECT val FROM no_sync_metadat WHERE var=?;" keyname)))))))



;; use a global for some primitive caching, it is just silly to
;; re-read the db over and over again for the keys since they never
;; change

      (let loop ((hed (car header))
                 (tal (cdr header))
                 (n   0))
        (if (equal? hed field)
            (handle-exceptions
             exn
             (begin
               (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: attempt to read non-existant field, row="
			    row " header=" header " field=" field ", exn=" exn)
               #f)
             (vector-ref row n))
	    (if (null? tal) #f (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)(+ n 1)))))))

;; Accessors for the header/data structure
;; get rows and header from 
(define (db:get-header vec)(vector-ref vec 0))

      (if dbdat
	  (let* ((dbpath (db:dbdat-get-path dbdat))
		 (db     (db:dbdat-get-db   dbdat)) ;; we'll return this so (db:delay--if-busy can be called inline
		 (dbfj   (conc dbpath "-journal")))
	    (if (handle-exceptions
		 exn
		 (begin
		   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failed to test for existance of " dbfj ", exn=" exn)
		   (thread-sleep! 1)
		   (db:delay-if-busy count (- count 1))) 
		 (common:file-exists? dbfj))
		(case count
		  ((6)
		   (thread-sleep! 0.2)
		   (db:delay-if-busy count: 5))

;; wait for server=start-last to be three seconds old
;;
(define (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)
  (let* ((start-flag (conc areapath "/logs/server-start-last")))
    (if (file-exists? start-flag)
	(let* ((fmodtime (file-modification-time start-flag))
	       (reftime  (+ 2 (random 3)))
	       (delta    (- (current-seconds) fmodtime))
	       (all-go   (> delta reftime)))
	  (if all-go
	      #t ;; (system (conc "touch " start-flag)) ;; lazy but safe
	      (begin
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Gating server start, last start: "
				  fmodtime ", delta: " delta ", reftime: " reftime ", all-go=" all-go)


		(thread-sleep! 5)
		(server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath))))
	#;(system (conc "touch " start-flag)))))


;; kind start up of servers, wait 40 seconds before allowing another server for a given
;; run-id to be launched
;;
(define (server:kind-run areapath)
  ;; look for $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/logs/server-start-last
  ;; and wait for it to be at least 3 seconds old
  (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)
  (if (not (server:check-if-running areapath)) ;; why try if there is already a server running?
      (let* ((last-run-dat (hash-table-ref/default *server-kind-run* areapath '(0 0))) ;; callnum, whenrun
	     (call-num     (car last-run-dat))
	     (when-run     (cadr last-run-dat))
	     (run-delay    (+ (case call-num
				((0)    0)
				((1)   20)
				((2)  300)
				(else 600))
			      (random 5)))   ;; add a small random number just in case a lot of jobs hit the work hosts simultaneously
	     (lock-file    (conc areapath "/logs/server-start.lock")))
	(if	(> (- (current-seconds) when-run) run-delay)
		(let* ((start-flag (conc areapath "/logs/server-start-last")))
		  (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait lock-file expire-time: 15)
		  (system (conc "touch " start-flag)) ;; lazy but safe
		  (server:run areapath)
		  (thread-sleep! 2) ;; don't release the lock for at least a few seconds
		  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)))
	(hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (list (+ call-num 1)(current-seconds))))))

;; this one seems to be the general entry point
;;