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			     (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) newmax-cmd currmax)))))))
    (mutex-unlock! *db-stats-mutex*)
    res))

(define (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd run-id params #!key (remretries 5))
  (let* ((qry-is-write    (not (member cmd api:read-only-queries)))
	 (db-file-path    (db:dbfile-path)) ;;  0))
	 (dbstructs-local (db:setup #t *toppath*))  ;; make-dbr:dbstruct path:  dbdir local: #t)))
	 (read-only       (not (file-write-access? db-file-path)))
	 (start           (current-milliseconds))
	 (resdat          (if (not (and read-only qry-is-write))
			      (let ((v (api:execute-requests dbstructs-local (vector (symbol->string cmd) params))))
				(handle-exceptions ;; there has been a long history of receiving strange errors from values returned by the client when things go wrong..
				 exn               ;;  This is an attempt to detect that situation and recover gracefully
				 (begin