Megatest

  ;; 2. check the age of the connections. refresh the connection if it is older than timeout-20 seconds.
  ;; 3. do the query, if on homehost use local access
  ;;
  (let* ((start-time    (current-seconds)) ;; snapshot time so all use cases get same value
         (areapath      *toppath*);; TODO - resolve from dbstruct to be compatible with multiple areas
	 (runremote     (or area-dat
			    *runremote*))
         (attemptnum (+ 1 attemptnum))
         (attemptnum    (+ 1 attemptnum))
	 (readonly-mode (rmtmod:calc-ro-mode runremote *toppath*)))

    ;; DOT INIT_RUNREMOTE; // leaving off - doesn't really add to the clarity
    ;; DOT MUTEXLOCK -> INIT_RUNREMOTE [label="no remote?"];
    ;; DOT INIT_RUNREMOTE -> MUTEXLOCK;
    ;; ensure we have a record for our connection for given area
    (if (not runremote)                   ;; can remove this one. should never get here.         
	(begin
	  (set! *runremote* (make-remote))
	  (set! runremote   *runremote*))) ;; new runremote will come from this on next iteration
    
    ;; DOT SET_HOMEHOST; // leaving off - doesn't really add to the clarity
    ;; DOT MUTEXLOCK -> SET_HOMEHOST [label="no homehost?"];
    ;; DOT SET_HOMEHOST -> MUTEXLOCK;
    ;; ensure we have a homehost record
    (if (not (pair? (remote-hh-dat runremote)))  ;; not on homehost
	(thread-sleep! 0.1) ;; since we shouldn't get here, delay a little
	(remote-hh-dat-set! runremote (common:get-homehost)))

    (cond
     ((> attemptnum 1) (thread-sleep! 0.1))
     ((> attemptnum 5) (thread-sleep! 0.5))
     ((> attemptnum 10)
      (debug:print 1 "INFO: attemptnum in rmt:send-receive is " attemptnum)
      (thread-sleep! (/ attemptnum 5))))
    
    ;;(print "BB> readonly-mode is "readonly-mode" dbfile is "dbfile)
    (cond
     ;;DOT EXIT;
     ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> EXIT [label="> 15 attempts"]; {rank=same "case 1" "EXIT" }
     ;; give up if more than 15 attempts
     ((> attemptnum 15)