Megatest

	 (db-exists (common:file-exists? dbname))
	 (db     (sqlite3:open-database dbname)))
    (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db (sqlite3:make-busy-timeout 136000))
    (if (not db-exists)
	(begin
	  (sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA synchronous = 0;")
	  (sqlite3:execute db "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS no_sync_metadat (var TEXT,val TEXT, CONSTRAINT no_sync_metadat_constraint UNIQUE (var));")
	  #;(sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;")))
    db))

;; if we are not a server create a db handle. this is not finalized
;; so watch for problems. I'm still not clear if it is needed to manually
;; finalize sqlite3 dbs with the sqlite3 egg.
;;
(define (db:no-sync-db db-in)