Megatest

	   '("fieldname" #f)
	   '("fieldtype" #f))
     (list "metadat" '("var" #f) '("val" #f))
     (append (list "runs" 
		   '("id"  #f))
	     (map (lambda (k)(list k #f))
		  (append keys
			  (list "runname" "state" "status" "owner" "event_time" "comment" "fail_count" "pass_count" "contour"))))
     (list "test_meta"
	   '("id"             #f)
	   '("testname"       #f)
	   '("owner"          #f)
	   '("description"    #f)
	   '("reviewed"       #f)
	   '("iterated"       #f)

     )
   '("tests" "test_steps" "test_data")))

(define (db:patch-schema-maindb maindb)
  ;;
  ;; remove all these some time after september 2016 (added in v1.6031
  ;;
  (for-each
   (lambda (column type default)
     (handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (if (string-match ".*duplicate.*" ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Column " column " already added to runs table")
	     (db:general-sqlite-error-dump exn "alter table runs ..." #f "none"))
       (sqlite3:execute
	maindb
	(conc "ALTER TABLE runs ADD COLUMN " column " " type " DEFAULT " default))))
   (list "last_update" "contour")
   (list "INTEGER"     "TEXT"   )
   (list "0"           "''"   ))
  ;; these schema changes don't need exception handling
  (sqlite3:execute
   maindb
   "CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS update_runs_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON runs
                             FOR EACH ROW
                               BEGIN 
                                 UPDATE runs SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))

	;;
	(if (member 'new2old options)
	    (set! data-synced
		  (+ (db:sync-tables (db:sync-all-tables-list dbstruct) #f tmpdb refndb mtdb)
		      data-synced)))


        (if (member 'schema options)
            (begin
              (db:patch-schema-maindb (db:dbdat-get-db mtdb))
              (db:patch-schema-maindb (db:dbdat-get-db tmpdb))
              (db:patch-schema-maindb (db:dbdat-get-db refndb))
              (db:patch-schema-rundb  (db:dbdat-get-db mtdb))
              (db:patch-schema-rundb  (db:dbdat-get-db tmpdb))
              (db:patch-schema-rundb  (db:dbdat-get-db refndb))))

       (for-each (lambda (key)
		   (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO keys (fieldname,fieldtype) VALUES (?,?);" key "TEXT"))
		 keys)
       (sqlite3:execute db (conc 
			    "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS runs (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, \n			 " 
			    fieldstr (if havekeys "," "") "
			 runname    TEXT DEFAULT 'norun',
                         contour    TEXT DEFAULT '',
			 state      TEXT DEFAULT '',
			 status     TEXT DEFAULT '',
			 owner      TEXT DEFAULT '',
			 event_time TIMESTAMP DEFAULT (strftime('%s','now')),
			 comment    TEXT DEFAULT '',
			 fail_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
			 pass_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,

				 patts))
			comparator)))


;; register a test run with the db, this accesses the main.db and does NOT
;; use server api
;;
(define (db:register-run dbstruct keyvals runname state status user contour-in)
  (let* ((keys      (map car keyvals))
	 (keystr    (keys->keystr keys))
	 (contour   (or contour-in ""))  ;; empty string to force no hierarcy and be backwards compatible.
	 (comma     (if (> (length keys) 0) "," ""))
	 (andstr    (if (> (length keys) 0) " AND " ""))
	 (valslots  (keys->valslots keys)) ;; ?,?,? ...
	 (allvals   (append (list runname state status user contour) (map cadr keyvals)))
	 (qryvals   (append (list runname) (map cadr keyvals)))
	 (key=?str  (string-intersperse (map (lambda (k)(conc k "=?")) keys) " AND ")))
    (debug:print 3 *default-log-port* "keys: " keys " allvals: " allvals " keyvals: " keyvals " key=?str is " key=?str)
    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "NOTE: using target " (string-intersperse (map cadr keyvals) "/") " for this run")
    (if (and runname (null? (filter (lambda (x)(not x)) keyvals))) ;; there must be a better way to "apply and"
	(db:with-db
	 dbstruct #f #f
	 (lambda (db)
	   (let ((res #f))
	     (apply sqlite3:execute db (conc "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO runs (runname,state,status,owner,event_time,contour" comma keystr ") VALUES (?,?,?,?,strftime('%s','now'),?" comma valslots ");")
		    allvals)
	     (apply sqlite3:for-each-row 
		    (lambda (id)
		      (set! res id))
		    db
		    (let ((qry (conc "SELECT id FROM runs WHERE (runname=? " andstr key=?str ");")))
		      qry)