Megatest

	;; no connection info? try to start a server, or access locally if no
	;; server and the query is read-only
	;;
	;; Note: The tasks db was checked for a server in starting mode in the rmt:get-connection-info call
	;;
	(if (and (< attemptnum 15)
		 (member cmd api:write-queries))
	    (let ((faststart (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "faststart")))
	      (hash-table-delete! *runremote* run-id)
	      ;; (mutex-unlock! *send-receive-mutex*)
	      (if (and faststart (equal? faststart "no"))
		  (begin
		    (tasks:start-and-wait-for-server (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id 10)

		    (thread-sleep! (random 5)) ;; give some time to settle and minimize collison?
		    (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1)))
		  (begin
		    (server:kind-run run-id)
		    (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd run-id params))))
	    (begin
	      ;; (debug:print 0 "ERROR: Communication failed!")
	      ;; (mutex-unlock! *send-receive-mutex*)
	      ;; (exit)
	      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd run-id params)
	      )))))

			     (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* ((dbstruct-local (if *dbstruct-db*
			     *dbstruct-db*
			     (let* ((dbdir (db:dbfile-path #f)) ;;  (conc    (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree") "/.db"))
				    (db (make-dbr:dbstruct path:  dbdir local: #t)))
			       (set! *dbstruct-db* db)
			       db)))
	 (db-file-path   (db:dbfile-path 0))
	 ;; (read-only      (not (file-read-access? db-file-path)))
	 (start          (current-milliseconds))
	 (resdat         (api:execute-requests dbstruct-local (vector (symbol->string cmd) params)))
	 (success        (vector-ref resdat 0))
	 (res            (vector-ref resdat 1))
	 (duration       (- (current-milliseconds) start)))
    (if (not success)
	(if (> remretries 0)
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: local query failed. Trying again.")
	      (thread-sleep! (/ (random 5000) 1000)) ;; some random delay 
	      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd run-id params remretries: (- remretries 1)))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: too many retries in rmt:open-qry-close-locally, giving up")
	      #f))
	(begin
	  ;; (rmt:update-db-stats run-id cmd params duration)
	  ;; mark this run as dirty if this was a write
	  (if (not (member cmd api:read-only-queries))
	      (let ((start-time (current-seconds)))
		(mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
		;; (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *db-local-sync* run-id #f))
		;; just set it every time. Is a write more expensive than a read and does it matter?
		(hash-table-set! *db-local-sync* (or run-id 0) start-time) ;; the oldest "write"

					   (mutex-lock! multi-run-mutex)
					   (set! result (append result res))
					   (mutex-unlock! multi-run-mutex))
					 (debug:print 0 "ERROR: get-tests-for-run-mindata failed for run-id " hed ", testpatt " testpatt ", states " states ", status " status ", not-in " not-in))))
				 (conc "multi-run-thread for run-id " hed)))
		     (newthreads (cons newthread threads)))
		(thread-start! newthread)
		(thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; give that thread some time to start
		(if (null? tal)
		    newthreads
		    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) newthreads))))))
    result))

;; ;; IDEA: Threadify these - they spend a lot of time waiting ...
;; ;;

  (rmt:send-receive 'get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id (list run-id)))

;; Statistical queries

(define (rmt:get-count-tests-running run-id)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-count-tests-running run-id (list run-id)))

(define (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-testname run-id testname)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-count-tests-running-for-testname run-id (list run-id testname)))

(define (rmt:get-count-tests-running-in-jobgroup run-id jobgroup)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-count-tests-running-in-jobgroup run-id (list run-id jobgroup)))

(define (rmt:roll-up-pass-fail-counts run-id test-name item-path status)
  (rmt:send-receive 'roll-up-pass-fail-counts run-id (list run-id test-name item-path status)))

(define (rmt:update-pass-fail-counts run-id test-name)

;; If given work area 
;;  1. Find the testdat.db file
;;  2. Open the testdat.db file and do the query
;; If not given the work area
;;  1. Do a remote call to get the test path
;;  2. Continue as above
;; 
;;(define (rmt:get-steps-for-test run-id test-id)
;;  (rmt:send-receive 'get-steps-data run-id (list test-id)))

(define (rmt:teststep-set-status! run-id test-id teststep-name state-in status-in comment logfile)
  (let* ((state     (items:check-valid-items "state" state-in))
	 (status    (items:check-valid-items "status" status-in)))
    (if (or (not state)(not status))
	(debug:print 3 "WARNING: Invalid " (if status "status" "state")
		     " value \"" (if status state-in status-in) "\", update your validvalues section in megatest.config"))
    (rmt:send-receive 'teststep-set-status! run-id (list run-id test-id teststep-name state-in status-in comment logfile))))

(define (rmt:get-steps-for-test run-id test-id)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-steps-for-test run-id (list run-id test-id)))

;;======================================================================
;;  T E S T   D A T A 
;;======================================================================

(define (rmt:read-test-data run-id test-id categorypatt #!key (work-area #f)) 
  (let ((tdb  (rmt:open-test-db-by-test-id run-id test-id work-area: work-area)))