(if dbtype   (sdat-set-dbtype!   self dbtype))
    (if dbinit   (sdat-set-dbinit!   self dbinit))
    (if domain   (sdat-set-domain!   self domain))
    (if twikidir (sdat-set-twikidir! self twikidir))
    (if debugmode (sdat-set-debugmode! self debugmode))
    (sdat-set-page-dir-style! self page-dir)
    ;; (print "configdat: ")(pp configdat)
    (if debugmode
	(session:log self "sroot: " sroot " logfile: " logfile " dbtype: " dbtype 
		     " dbinit: " dbinit " domain: " domain " page-dir-style: " page-dir))
    )
  )
;;   (let ((dbtype (sdat-get-dbtype self)))
;;     (print "dbtype: " dbtype)
;;     (sdat-set-dbtype! self (eval dbtype))))

(define (session:setup self)
  (let ((dbtype    (sdat-get-dbtype self))
	(debugmode (sdat-get-debugmode self))
	(dbinit    (eval (sdat-get-dbinit self)))
	(dbexists  #f))
    (let ((dbfname (alist-ref 'dbname dbinit)))
      (if debugmode (session:log self "session:setup dbfname=" dbfname ", dbtype=" dbtype ", dbinit=" dbinit))
      (if (eq? dbtype 'sqlite3)
	  (let ((dbpath (pathname-directory dbfname)))  ;; do a couple sanity checks here to make setting up easier
	    (if debugmode (session:log self "INFO: setting up for sqlite3 db access to " dbfname))
	    (if (not (file-write-access? dbpath))
		(session:log self "WARNING: Cannot write to " dbpath)
		(if debugmode (session:log self "INFO: " dbpath " is writeable")))
	    (if (file-exists? dbfname)
		(begin
		  ;; (session:log self "setting dbexists to #t")
		  (set! dbexists #t))))
	  (if debugmode (session:log self "INFO: setting up for pg db access to account info " dbinit)))
      (if debugmode (session:log self "dbtype: " dbtype " dbfname: " dbfname " dbexists: " dbexists)))

    (sdat-set-conn! self (dbi:open dbtype dbinit))
    (if (and (not dbexists)(eq? dbtype 'sqlite3))
 	(begin
	  (print "WARNING: Setting up session db with sqlite3")
	  (session:setup-db self)))
    (session:process-url-path self)
    (session:setup-session-key self)