Megatest

	 (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 dbstruct-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
				  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: bad data from server " v " message: "  ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
				  (vector #t '())) ;; should always get a vector but if something goes wrong return a dummy
				(if (and (vector? v)
					 (> (vector-length v) 1))
				    (let ((newvec (vector (vector-ref v 0)(vector-ref v 1))))
				      newvec)           ;; by copying the vector while inside the error handler we should force the detection of a corrupted record
				    (vector #t '()))))  ;; we could also check that the returned types are valid
			     (vector #t '())))

	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Bad data handed to rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id=" run-id ", test-id=" test-id)
	(print-call-chain (current-error-port))
	#f)))

(define (rmt:test-get-rundir-from-test-id run-id test-id)
  (rmt:send-receive 'test-get-rundir-from-test-id run-id (list run-id test-id)))

#;(define (rmt:open-test-db-by-test-id run-id test-id #!key (work-area #f))
  (let* ((test-path (if (string? work-area)
			work-area
			(rmt:test-get-rundir-from-test-id run-id test-id))))
    (debug:print 3 *default-log-port* "TEST PATH: " test-path)
    (open-test-db test-path)))

;; WARNING: This currently bypasses the transaction wrapped writes system

(define (rmt:test-set-archive-block-id run-id test-id archive-block-id)
  (rmt:send-receive 'test-set-archive-block-id run-id (list run-id test-id archive-block-id)))

(define (rmt:test-get-archive-block-info archive-block-id)
  (rmt:send-receive 'test-get-archive-block-info #f (list archive-block-id)))

#;(set-functions rmt:send-receive                       remote-server-url-set!
	       http-transport:close-connections	      remote-conndat-set!
	       debug:print                            debug:print-info
	       remote-ro-mode                         remote-ro-mode-set!
	       remote-ro-mode-checked-set!            remote-ro-mode-checked)

(define (rmtmod:calc-ro-mode runremote *toppath*)
  (if (and runremote
	   (remote-ro-mode-checked runremote))
      (remote-ro-mode runremote)
      (let* ((dbfile  (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
	     (ro-mode (not (file-write-access? dbfile)))) ;; TODO: use dbstruct or runremote to figure this out in future
	(if runremote
	    (begin
	      (remote-ro-mode-set! runremote ro-mode)
	      (remote-ro-mode-checked-set! runremote #t)
	      ro-mode)
	    ro-mode))))

(define (extras-readonly-mode rmt-mutex log-port cmd params)
  (mutex-unlock! rmt-mutex)
  (debug:print-info 12 log-port "rmt:send-receive, case 3")
  (debug:print 0 log-port "WARNING: write transaction requested on a readonly area.  cmd="cmd" params="params)
  #f)

(define (extras-transport-failed *default-log-port* *rmt-mutex* attemptnum runremote cmd rid params)
  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: communication failed. Trying again, try num: " attemptnum)
  (mutex-lock! *rmt-mutex*)
  (remote-conndat-set!    runremote #f)
  (http-transport:close-connections area-dat: runremote)
  (remote-server-url-set! runremote #f)
  (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
  (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  9.1")
  (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1)))
  
(define (extras-transport-succeded *default-log-port* *rmt-mutex* attemptnum runremote res params rid cmd)
  (if (and (vector? res)
	   (eq? (vector-length res) 2)
	   (eq? (vector-ref res 1) 'overloaded)) ;; since we are
						 ;; looking at the
						 ;; data to carry the
						 ;; error we'll use a
						 ;; fairly obtuse
						 ;; combo to minimise
						 ;; the chances of
						 ;; some sort of
						 ;; collision.  this
						 ;; is the case where
						 ;; the returned data
						 ;; is bad or the
						 ;; server is
						 ;; overloaded and we
						 ;; want to ease off
						 ;; the queries
      (let ((wait-delay (+ attemptnum (* attemptnum 10))))
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server is overloaded. Delaying " wait-delay " seconds and trying call again.")
	(mutex-lock! *rmt-mutex*)
	(http-transport:close-connections area-dat: runremote)
	(set! *runremote* #f) ;; force starting over
	(mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
	(thread-sleep! wait-delay)
	(rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1)))
      res)) ;; All good, return res