Megatest

     ((or (and (remote-force-server runremote)              ;; we are forcing a server and don't yet have a connection to one
	       (not (remote-conndat runremote)))
	  (and (not (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote)))        ;; not on a homehost 
	       (not (remote-conndat runremote))))           ;; and no connection
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  6  hh-dat: " (remote-hh-dat runremote) " conndat: " (remote-conndat runremote))
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (if (not (server:check-if-running *toppath*)) ;; who knows, maybe one has started up?
	  (server:start-and-wait *toppath*))
      (remote-force-server-set! runremote (common:force-server?))
      (remote-conndat-set! runremote (rmt:get-connection-info *toppath*)) ;; calls client:setup which calls client:setup-http
      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum)) ;; TODO: add back-off timeout as
     ;; all set up if get this far, dispatch the query
     ((and (not (remote-force-server runremote))
	   (cdr (remote-hh-dat runremote))) ;; we are on homehost
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)

		  (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1)))
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: communication failed. Trying again, try num: " attemptnum)
		  (remote-conndat-set!    runremote #f)
		  (remote-server-url-set! runremote #f)
		  (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  9.1")
		  (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
		  (if (not (server:check-if-running *toppath*))
		      (server:start-and-wait *toppath*))
		  (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1))))))))))

;; (define (rmt:update-db-stats run-id rawcmd params duration)
;;   (mutex-lock! *db-stats-mutex*)
;;   (handle-exceptions
;;    exn
;;    (begin