Megatest

;;======================================================================
;; M E T A   G E T   A N D   S E T   V A R S
;;======================================================================

;; returns number if string->number is successful, string otherwise
;; also updates *global-delta*
;;


(define (db:get-var dbstruct var)
  (let* ((res      #f)
	 (dbdat    (db:get-db dbstruct #f))
	 (db       (db:dbdat-get-db dbdat)))

    (sqlite3:for-each-row
     (lambda (val)
       (set! res val))
     db
     "SELECT val FROM metadat WHERE var=?;" var)
    ;; convert to number if can
    (if (string? res)
	(let ((valnum (string->number res)))
	  (if valnum (set! res valnum))))
    res))

;; This was part of db:get-var. It was used to estimate the load on
;; the database files.
;;
;; scale by 10, average with current value.
;;     (set! *global-delta* (/ (+ *global-delta* (* (- (current-milliseconds) start-ms)
;; 						 (if throttle throttle 0.01)))
;; 			    2))
;;     (if (> (abs (- *last-global-delta-printed* *global-delta*)) 0.08) ;; don't print all the time, only if it changes a bit
;; 	(begin
;; 	  (debug:print-info 4 "launch throttle factor=" *global-delta*)
;; 	  (set! *last-global-delta-printed* *global-delta*)))


(define (db:set-var dbstruct var val)
  (let* ((dbdat (db:get-db dbstruct #f))
	 (db    (db:dbdat-get-db dbdat)))
    (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO metadat (var,val) VALUES (?,?);" var val)))

(define (db:del-var dbstruct var)