Megatest

		(loop (get-rand-port)(- remtries 1))
		(get-rand-port))
	    port))))))

(define (tasks:server-am-i-the-server? mdb run-id)
  (let* ((all    (tasks:server-get-servers-vying-for-run-id mdb run-id))
	 (first  (if (null? all)
		     #f;; (begin (debug:print 0 "ERROR: no servers listed, should be at least one by now.") 
		       ;;      (sqlite3:finalize! mdb)
		       ;;      (exit 1))
		     (car (db:get-rows all)))))
    (if first
	(let* ((header   (db:get-header all))
	       (id       (db:get-value-by-header first header "id"))
	       (hostname (db:get-value-by-header first header "hostname"))
	       (pid      (db:get-value-by-header first header "pid"))
	       (priority (db:get-value-by-header first header "priority")))
	  ;; (debug:print 0 "INFO: am-i-the-server got record " first)
	  ;; for now a basic check. add tiebreaking by priority later
	  (if (and (equal? hostname (get-host-name))
		   (equal? pid      (current-process-id)))
	      id
	      #f))
	#f)))
	     
;; Use: (db:get-value-by-header (car (db:get-rows dat)) (db:get-header dat) "fieldname")
;;  to extract info from the structure returned
;;
(define (tasks:server-get-servers-vying-for-run-id mdb run-id)
   (let* ((header (list "id" "hostname" "pid" "interface" "port" "pubport" "state" "run_id" "priority" "start_time"))