Megatest

;;    if #f use *db-local-sync* : or 'local-sync-flags
;;    if #t use timestamps      : or 'timestamps
(define (db:sync-to-megatest.db dbstruct #!key (no-sync-db #f)) 
  (let* ((start-time         (current-seconds))
	 (last-update        (if no-sync-db
				 (db:no-sync-get/default no-sync-db "LAST_UPDATE" 0)
				 0)) ;; (or (db:get-var dbstruct "LAST_UPDATE") 0))
	 (sync-needed        (> (- start-time last-update) 6))
	 (res                (db:tmp->megatest.db-sync dbstruct last-update)))
	 (res                (if sync-needed ;; don't sync if a sync already occurred in the past 6 seconds
    (let ((sync-time (- (current-seconds) start-time)))
      (if no-sync-db
	  (db:no-sync-set no-sync-db "LAST_UPDATE" start-time))
				 (begin
				   (if no-sync-db
				       (db:no-sync-set no-sync-db "LAST_UPDATE" start-time))
				   (db:tmp->megatest.db-sync dbstruct last-update))
				 0))
	 (sync-time           (- (current-seconds) start-time)))
      (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "Sync of newdb to olddb completed in " sync-time " seconds pid="(current-process-id))
      (if sync-needed
      (if (common:low-noise-print 30 "sync new to old")
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Sync of newdb to olddb completed in " sync-time " seconds pid="(current-process-id))))
	  ;;     (common:low-noise-print 30 "sync new to old"))
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Sync of " res " records from newdb to olddb completed in " sync-time " seconds pid="(current-process-id)))
    res))

;; keeping it around for debugging purposes only
(define (open-run-close-no-exception-handling  proc idb . params)
  (debug:print-info 11 *default-log-port* "open-run-close-no-exception-handling START given a db=" (if idb "yes " "no ") ", params=" params)
  (print "I don't work anymore. open-run-close-no-exception-handling needs fixing or removing...")
  (exit)