Index: db.scm
==================================================================
--- db.scm
+++ db.scm
@@ -34,10 +34,28 @@
 (define *incoming-data*      '())
 (define *incoming-last-time* (current-seconds))
 (define *incoming-mutex*     (make-mutex))
 (define *cache-on* #f)
 
+(define (db:set-sync db)
+  (let* ((syncval  (config-lookup *configdat* "setup"     "synchronous"))
+	 (val      (cond   ;; 0 | OFF | 1 | NORMAL | 2 | FULL;
+		    ((not syncval) #f)
+		    ((string->number syncval)
+		     (let ((val (string->number syncval)))
+		       (if (member val '(0 1 2)) val #f)))
+		    ((string-match (regexp "yes" #t) syncval) 1)
+		    ((string-match (regexp "no"  #t) syncval) 0)
+		    ((string-match (regexp "(off|normal|full)" #t) syncval) syncval)
+		    (else 
+		     (debug:print 0 "ERROR: synchronous must be 0,1,2,OFF,NORMAL or FULL, you provided: " syncval)
+		     #f))))
+    (if val
+	(begin
+	  (debug:print 2 "INFO: Setting pragma synchronous to " val)
+	  (sqlite3:execute db (conc "PRAGMA synchronous = '" val "';"))))))
+
 (define (open-db) ;;  (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db") (car *configinfo*)))
   (let* ((dbpath    (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db")) ;; fname)
 	 (dbexists  (file-exists? dbpath))
 	 (db        (sqlite3:open-database dbpath)) ;; (never-give-up-open-db dbpath))
 	 (handler   (make-busy-timeout (if (args:get-arg "-override-timeout")
@@ -45,22 +63,17 @@
 					   36000)))) ;; 136000)))
     (debug:print 4 "INFO: dbpath=" dbpath)
     (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db handler)
     (if (not dbexists)
 	(db:initialize db))
-    (if (equal? (config-lookup *configdat* "setup"     "synchronous") "yes")
-        (begin
-          (debug:print 5 "INFO: Turning off pragma synchronous")
-          (sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA synchronous = 0;"))
-        (debug:print 5 "INFO: NOT turning off pragma synchronous"))
+    (db:set-sync db)
     db))
 
 (define (open-run-close  proc idb . params)
   (let* ((db   (if idb idb (open-db)))
 	 (res #f))
-    (if (equal? (config-lookup *configdat* "setup"     "synchronous") "yes")
-	(sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA synchronous = 0;"))
+    (db:set-sync db)
     (set! res (apply proc db params))
     (if (not idb)(sqlite3:finalize! db))
     res))
 
 (define *global-delta* 0)
@@ -1264,11 +1277,11 @@
 	     (result         '()))
 	(for-each 
 	 (lambda (waitontest-name)
 	   ;; by getting the tests with matching name we are looking only at the matching test 
 	   ;; and related sub items
-	   (let ((tests             (rdb:get-tests-for-run db run-id waitontest-name #f '() '()))
+	   (let ((tests             (db:get-tests-for-run db run-id waitontest-name #f '() '()))
 		 (ever-seen         #f)
 		 (parent-waiton-met #f)
 		 (item-waiton-met   #f))
 	     (for-each 
 	      (lambda (test)

Index: tests/fullrun/megatest.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fullrun/megatest.config
+++ tests/fullrun/megatest.config
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
 area1 /tmp/oldarea/megatest
 
 [include config/mt_include_1.config]
 
 [setup]
-synchronous yes
+# FULL or 2, NORMAL or 1, OFF or 0
+synchronous FULL
 throttle 50
 
 [validvalues]
 state start end 
 status pass fail n/a 0 1 running