Megatest

    ;;
    ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "got-all: " got-all " multi-get: " multi-get " num-to-get: " num-to-get " (length tmptests): " (length tmptests) " db-modified: " db-modified " db-mod-time: " db-mod-time " db-path: " db-path)
    (if got-all
	(begin
	  (dboard:rundat-last-update-set!     run-dat (- start-time 2))
	  (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset-set! run-dat 0))
	(begin
	  ;;; (thread-sleep! 0.25) ;; give the rest of the gui some time to update. <-- this did NOT help
	  (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset-set! run-dat
					      (+ num-to-get (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset run-dat)))))

    (for-each 
     (lambda (tdat)
       (let ((test-id (db:test-get-id tdat))
	     (state   (db:test-get-state tdat)))

;; this calls dboard:get-tests-for-run-duplicate for each run
;;
;; create a virtual table of all the tests
;; keypatts: ( (KEY1 "abc%def")(KEY2 "%") )
;;
(define (dboard:update-rundat tabdat runnamepatt numruns testnamepatt keypatts)
  (dboard:tabdat-already-running-set! tabdat #t)
  (let* (;; (already-running  (dboard:tabdat-already-running tabdat))
	 (access-mode      (dboard:tabdat-access-mode tabdat))
  (let* ((access-mode      (dboard:tabdat-access-mode tabdat))
         (keys             (dboard:tabdat-keys tabdat)) ;; (db:dispatch-query access-mode rmt:get-keys db:get-keys)))
	 (last-runs-update (- (dboard:tabdat-last-runs-update tabdat) 2))
         (allruns          (rmt:get-runs runnamepatt numruns (dboard:tabdat-start-run-offset tabdat) keypatts))
         ;;(allruns-tree (rmt:get-runs-by-patt (dboard:tabdat-keys tabdat) "%" #f #f #f #f))
         (allruns-tree    (rmt:get-runs-by-patt keys "%" #f #f #f #f 0)) ;; last-runs-update));;'("id" "runname")
	 (header      (db:get-header allruns))
	 (runs        (db:get-rows   allruns)) ;; RA => Filtered as per runpatt selected

;;  removing the tabdat-values proc 
;;
;; (define (tabdat-values tabdat)

;; runs update-rundat using the various filters from the gui
;;
(define (dashboard:do-update-rundat tabdat)
  ;; this seems like a good place to check for already running and skip if so
  ;;
  ;; (set! *updater-running* #t)
;;(if (dboard:tabdat-already-running tabdat)
;;    (begin
;;	(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Dashboard overloaded - updates will be slow, skipping update.")
;;	(dboard:tabdat-target tabdat))
  (dboard:update-rundat
   tabdat
   (hash-table-ref/default (dboard:tabdat-searchpatts tabdat) "runname" "%")
   (dboard:tabdat-numruns tabdat)
   (hash-table-ref/default (dboard:tabdat-searchpatts tabdat) "test-name" "%/%")
   ;; generate key patterns from the target stored in tabdat
   (let* ((dbkeys (dboard:tabdat-dbkeys tabdat)))