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	  (debug:print-info 4 "launch throttle factor=" *global-delta*)
	  (set! *last-global-delta-printed* *global-delta*)))
    (debug:print-info 11 "db:get-var END " var " val=" res)
    res))

(define (db:set-var db var val)
  (debug:print-info 11 "db:set-var START " var " " val)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO metadat (var,val) VALUES (?,?);" var val)
  (debug:print-info 11 "db:set-var END " var " " val))

(define (db:del-var db var)
  (debug:print-info 11 "db:del-var START " var)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM metadat WHERE var=?;" var)
  (debug:print-info 11 "db:del-var END " var))

;; 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

	 (allvals   (append (list runname state status user) (map cadr keyvals)))
	 (qryvals   (append (list runname) (map cadr keyvals)))
	 (key=?str  (string-intersperse (map (lambda (k)(conc k "=?")) keys) " AND ")))
    (debug:print 3 "keys: " keys " allvals: " allvals " keyvals: " keyvals " key=?str is " key=?str)
    (debug:print 2 "NOTE: using target " (string-intersperse (map cadr keyvals) "/") " for this run")
    (if (and runname (null? (filter (lambda (x)(not x)) keyvals))) ;; there must be a better way to "apply and"
	(let ((res #f))
	  (db:delay-if-busy)
	  (apply sqlite3:execute db (conc "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO runs (runname,state,status,owner,event_time" comma keystr ") VALUES (?,?,?,?,strftime('%s','now')" comma valslots ");")
		 allvals)
	  (apply sqlite3:for-each-row 
		 (lambda (id)
		   (set! res id))
		 db
		 (let ((qry (conc "SELECT id FROM runs WHERE (runname=? " andstr key=?str ");")))
					;(debug:print 4 "qry: " qry) 
		   qry)
		 qryvals)
	  (db:delay-if-busy)
	  (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE runs SET state=?,status=?,event_time=strftime('%s','now') WHERE id=? AND state='deleted';" state status res)
	  res) 
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 "ERROR: Called without all necessary keys")
	  #f))))

    (debug:print-info 11 "db:get-run-info run-id: " run-id " header: " header " keystr: " keystr)
    (let ((finalres (vector header res)))
      ;; (hash-table-set! *run-info-cache* run-id finalres)
      finalres)))

(define (db:set-comment-for-run db run-id comment)
  (debug:print-info 11 "db:set-comment-for-run START run-id: " run-id " comment: " comment)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE runs SET comment=? WHERE id=?;" comment run-id)
  (debug:print-info 11 "db:set-comment-for-run END run-id: " run-id " comment: " comment))

;; does not (obviously!) removed dependent data. But why not!!?
(define (db:delete-run db run-id)
  (common:clear-caches) ;; don't trust caches after doing any deletion
  ;; First set any related tests to DELETED
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (let ((stmt1 (sqlite3:prepare db "UPDATE tests SET state='DELETED',comment='' WHERE run_id=?;"))
	(stmt2 (sqlite3:prepare db "UPDATE runs SET state='deleted',comment='' WHERE id=?;")))
    (sqlite3:with-transaction
     db (lambda ()
	  (sqlite3:execute stmt1 run-id)
	  (sqlite3:execute stmt2 run-id)))
    (sqlite3:finalize! stmt1)
    (sqlite3:finalize! stmt2)))
;;  (sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM runs WHERE id=?;" run-id))

(define (db:update-run-event_time db run-id)
  (debug:print-info 11 "db:update-run-event_time START run-id: " run-id)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE runs SET event_time=strftime('%s','now') WHERE id=?;" run-id)
  (debug:print-info 11 "db:update-run-event_time END run-id: " run-id)) 

(define (db:lock/unlock-run db run-id lock unlock user)
  (let ((newlockval (if lock "locked"
			(if unlock
			    "unlocked"
			    "locked")))) ;; semi-failsafe
    (db:delay-if-busy)
    (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE runs SET state=? WHERE id=?;" newlockval run-id)
    (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT INTO access_log (user,accessed,args) VALUES(?,strftime('%s','now'),?);"
		     user (conc newlockval " " run-id))
    (debug:print-info 1 "" newlockval " run number " run-id)))

(define (db:set-run-status db run-id status #!key (msg #f))
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (if msg
      (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE runs SET status=?,comment=? WHERE id=?;" status msg run-id)
      (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE runs SET status=? WHERE id=?;" status run-id)))

(define (db:get-run-status db run-id)
  (let ((res "n/a"))
    (sqlite3:for-each-row 

	  (sqlite3:execute tdb "DELETE FROM test_steps;")
	  (sqlite3:execute tdb "DELETE FROM test_data;")
	  (sqlite3:finalize! tdb)))))

;; 
(define (db:delete-test-records db tdb test-id #!key (force #f))
  (common:clear-caches)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (if tdb 
      (begin
	(sqlite3:execute tdb "DELETE FROM test_steps;")
	(sqlite3:execute tdb "DELETE FROM test_data;")))
  ;; (sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM tests WHERE id=?;" test-id))
  (if db 
      (begin
	(sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM test_steps WHERE test_id=?;" test-id)
	(sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM test_data  WHERE test_id=?;" test-id)
	(if force
	    (sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM tests WHERE id=?;" test-id)
	    (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET state='DELETED',status='n/a',comment='' WHERE id=?;" test-id)))))

(define (db:delete-tests-for-run db run-id)
  (common:clear-caches)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM tests WHERE run_id=?;" run-id))

(define (db:delete-old-deleted-test-records db)
  (common:clear-caches)
  (let ((targtime (- (current-seconds)(* 30 24 60 60)))) ;; one month in the past
    (db:delay-if-busy)
    (sqlite3:execute db "DELETE FROM tests WHERE state='DELETED' AND event_time<?;" targtime)))

;; set tests with state currstate and status currstatus to newstate and newstatus
;; use currstate = #f and or currstatus = #f to apply to any state or status respectively
;; WARNING: SQL injection risk. NB// See new but not yet used "faster" version below
;;
(define (db:set-tests-state-status db run-id testnames currstate currstatus newstate newstatus)
  (for-each (lambda (testname)
	      (let ((qry (conc "UPDATE tests SET state=?,status=? WHERE "
			       (if currstate  (conc "state='" currstate "' AND ") "")
			       (if currstatus (conc "status='" currstatus "' AND ") "")
			       " run_id=? AND testname=? AND NOT (item_path='' AND testname in (SELECT DISTINCT testname FROM tests WHERE testname=? AND item_path != ''));")))
		;;(debug:print 0 "QRY: " qry)
		(db:delay-if-busy)
		(sqlite3:execute db qry run-id newstate newstatus testname testname)))
	    testnames))

(define (cdb:delete-tests-in-state serverdat run-id state)
  (common:clear-caches)
  (cdb:client-call serverdat 'delete-tests-in-state #t *default-numtries* run-id state))

(define (cdb:tests-update-cpuload-diskfree serverdat test-id cpuload diskfree)
  (cdb:client-call serverdat 'update-cpuload-diskfree #t *default-numtries* cpuload diskfree test-id))

(define (cdb:tests-update-run-duration serverdat test-id minutes)
  (cdb:client-call serverdat 'update-run-duration #t *default-numtries* minutes test-id))

(define (cdb:tests-update-uname-host serverdat test-id uname hostname)
  (cdb:client-call serverdat 'update-uname-host #t *default-numtries* uname hostname test-id))

;; speed up for common cases with a little logic
;; NB// Ultimately this will be deprecated in deference to mt:test-set-state-status-by-id
;;
(define (db:test-set-state-status-by-id db test-id newstate newstatus newcomment)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (cond
   ((and newstate newstatus newcomment)
    (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET state=?,status=?,comment=? WHERE id=?;" newstate newstatus newcomment test-id))
   ((and newstate newstatus)
    (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET state=?,status=? WHERE id=?;" newstate newstatus test-id))
   (else
    (if newstate   (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET state=?   WHERE id=?;" newstate   test-id))
    (if newstatus  (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET status=?  WHERE id=?;" newstatus  test-id))
    (if newcomment (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET comment=? WHERE id=?;" newcomment test-id))))
  (mt:process-triggers test-id newstate newstatus))

;; Never used, but should be?
(define (db:test-set-state-status-by-run-id-testname db run-id test-name item-path status state)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET state=?,status=?,event_time=strftime('%s','now') WHERE run_id=? AND testname=? AND item_path=?;" 
 		   state status run-id test-name item-path))

(define (db:get-count-tests-running db)
  (let ((res 0))
    (sqlite3:for-each-row
     (lambda (count)

	       (string-intersperse (map conc test-ids) ",") ");"))
	res)))

(define (db:get-test-info db run-id testname item-path)
  (db:get-test-info-by-id db (db:get-test-id db run-id testname item-path)))

(define (db:test-set-comment db test-id comment)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute 
   db
   "UPDATE tests SET comment=? WHERE id=?;"
   comment test-id))

(define (cdb:test-set-rundir! serverdat run-id test-name item-path rundir)
  (cdb:client-call serverdat 'test-set-rundir #t *default-numtries* rundir run-id test-name item-path))

	   (lambda ()
	     (for-each
	      (lambda (hed)
		(let* ((params   (vector-ref hed 2))
		       (stmt-key (vector-ref hed 0))
		       (stmt     (hash-table-ref/default queries stmt-key #f)))
		  (if stmt
		      (begin
			(db:delay-if-busy)
			(apply sqlite3:execute stmt params))
		      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: Problem Executing " stmt-key " for " params))))
	      data)))
	  
	  ;; let all the waiting calls know all is done
	  (mutex-lock! *completed-mutex*)
	  (for-each (lambda (item)
		      (let ((qry-sig (cdb:packet-get-client-sig item)))

	       (< (current-seconds) timeout))
	  (begin
	    (thread-sleep! 0.01)
	    (loop))))
    (set! *number-of-writes*   (+ *number-of-writes*   1))
    (set! *writes-total-delay* (+ *writes-total-delay* (- (current-milliseconds) start-time)))
    got-it))

(define (db:delay-if-busy #!key (count 5))
  (let ((dbfj (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db-journal")))
    (if (file-exists? dbfj)
	(case count
	  ((5)
	   (thread-sleep! 0.1)
	   (db:delay-if-busy count: 4))
	  ((4)
	   (thread-sleep! 0.4)
	   (db:delay-if-busy count: 3))
	  ((3)
	   (thread-sleep! 1.0)
	   (db:delay-if-busy count: 2))
	  ((2)
	   (thread-sleep! 2.0)
	   (db:delay-if-busy count: 1))
	  ((1)
	   (thread-sleep! 5.0)
	   (db:delay-if-busy count: 0))
	  (else
	   (debug:print-info 0 "delaying db access due to high database load.")
	   (thread-sleep! 10))))))

(define (db:process-queue-item db item)
  (let* ((stmt-key       (cdb:packet-get-qtype item))
	 (qry-sig        (cdb:packet-get-query-sig item))
	 (return-address (cdb:packet-get-client-sig item))
	 (params         (cdb:packet-get-params item))
	 (query          (let ((q (alist-ref stmt-key db:queries)))

						    (debug:print 0 " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
						    (debug:print 0 " status:  " ((condition-property-accessor 'sqlite3 'status)  exn))
						    (print-call-chain)
						    (debug:print 0 "Sleeping for " sleep-time)
						    (thread-sleep! sleep-time)
						    (debug:print-info 0 "trying db call one more time....this may never recover, if necessary kill process " (current-process-id) " on host " (get-host-name) " to clean up")
						    (proc (- remtries 1)))))
					       (begin
						 (db:delay-if-busy)
						 (apply sqlite3:execute db query params)))
					      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: too many attempts to access db were made and no sucess. query: "
							   query ", params: " params))))
			     (proc remtries))
			   #t))))
	  (debug:print-info 7 "Received " response " from wrapped write")
	  (server:reply return-address qry-sig response response))
	;; otherwise if appropriate flush the queue (this is a read or complex query)

		   (process-signal pid signal/kill)
		   (server:reply return-address qry-sig #t '(#t "exit process started"))))
		(else ;; not a command, i.e. is a query
		 (debug:print 0 "ERROR: Unrecognised query/command " stmt-key)
		 (server:reply return-address qry-sig #f 'failed)))))
	   (else
	    (debug:print-info 11 "Executing " stmt-key " for " params)
	    (db:delay-if-busy)
	    (apply sqlite3:execute (hash-table-ref queries stmt-key) params)
	    (server:reply return-address qry-sig #t #t)))))))

(define (db:test-get-records-for-index-file db run-id test-name)
  (let ((res '()))
    (sqlite3:for-each-row 
     (lambda (id itempath state status run_duration logf comment)

       (set! res (vector id testname author owner description reviewed iterated avg_runtime avg_disk tags jobgroup)))
     db "SELECT id,testname,author,owner,description,reviewed,iterated,avg_runtime,avg_disk,tags,jobgroup FROM test_meta WHERE testname=?;"
     testname)
    res))

;; create a new record for a given testname
(define (db:testmeta-add-record db testname)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO test_meta (testname,author,owner,description,reviewed,iterated,avg_runtime,avg_disk,tags) VALUES (?,'','','','','','','','');" testname))

;; update one of the testmeta fields
(define (db:testmeta-update-field db testname field value)
  (db:delay-if-busy)
  (sqlite3:execute db (conc "UPDATE test_meta SET " field "=? WHERE testname=?;") value testname))

;;======================================================================
;; T E S T   D A T A 
;;======================================================================

(define (db:csv->test-data db test-id csvdata #!key (work-area #f))