@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
 					   136000)))) ;; 136000))) ;; 136000 = 2.2 minutes
     (debug:print-info 11 "open-db, dbpath=" dbpath " argv=" (argv))
     (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db handler)
     (if (not dbexists)
 	(db:initialize db))
-    (db:set-sync db)
+    ;; (db:set-sync db)
     db))
 
 ;; keeping it around for debugging purposes only
 (define (open-run-close-no-exception-handling  proc idb . params)
   (debug:print-info 11 "open-run-close-no-exception-handling START given a db=" (if idb "yes " "no ") ", params=" params)
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@
 (define (open-run-close-measure  proc idb . params)
   (debug:print-info 11 "open-run-close-measure START, idb=" idb ", params=" params)
   (let* ((start-ms (current-milliseconds))
 	 (db       (if idb idb (open-db)))
          (throttle (string->number (config-lookup *configdat* "setup" "throttle"))))
-    (db:set-sync db)
+    ;; (db:set-sync db)
     (set! res      (apply proc db params))
     (if (not idb)(sqlite3:finalize! db))
     ;; scale by 10, average with current value.
     (set! *global-delta* (/ (+ *global-delta* (* (- (current-milliseconds) start-ms)
 						 (if throttle throttle 0.01)))