Megatest

  (mutex-lock! *rmt-mutex*)

  ;; 1. check if server is started IFF cmd is a write OR if we are not on the homehost, store in runremote
  ;; 2. check the age of the connections. refresh the connection if it is older than timeout-20 seconds.
  ;; 3. do the query, if on homehost use local access
  ;;
  (let* ((start-time (current-seconds)) ;; snapshot time so all use cases get same value
         (areapath *toppath*);; TODO - resolve from dbstruct to be compatible with multiple areas
         (readonly-mode (file-write-access? (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db")  )) ;; TODO: use dbstruct or runremote to figure this out in future
	 (runremote  (or area-dat *runremote*)))
    (cond
     ;; give up if more than 15 attempts
     ((> attemptnum 15)
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: 15 tries to start/connect to server. Giving up.")
      (exit 1))

     ;; readonly mode, read request-  handle it - case 20
     ((and readonly-mode
           (member cmd api:read-only-queries)) 
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case 20")
      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd 0 params)
      )

     ;; readonly mode, write request.  Do nothing, return #f
     (readonly-mode
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case 21")
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: write transaction requested on a readonly area.  cmd="cmd" params="params)
      #f
      )

     ;; reset the connection if it has been unused too long
     ((and runremote
           (remote-conndat runremote)
	   (let ((expire-time (+ (- start-time (remote-server-timeout runremote))(random 30)))) ;; add 30 seconds of noise so that not all running tests expire at the same time causing a storm of server starts
	     (< (http-transport:server-dat-get-last-access (remote-conndat runremote)) expire-time)))
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  8")
      (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f)