Index: db.scm
==================================================================
--- db.scm
+++ db.scm
@@ -66,35 +66,38 @@
     (if (not dbexists)
 	(db:initialize db))
     (db:set-sync db)
     db))
 
-(define (open-run-close  proc idb . params)
+(define (open-run-close-no-exception-handling  proc idb . params)
  (let* ((db   (if idb idb (open-db)))
 	(res #f))
    (db:set-sync db)
    (set! res (apply proc db params))
    (if (not idb)(sqlite3:finalize! db))
    res))
 
-;;   (let ((runner (lambda ()
-;; 		  (let* ((db   (if idb idb (open-db)))
-;; 			 (res #f))
-;; 		    (db:set-sync db)
-;; 		    (set! res (apply proc db params))
-;; 		    (if (not idb)(sqlite3:finalize! db))
-;; 		    res))))
-;;     (handle-exceptions
-;;      exn
-;;      (begin
-;;        (debug:print 0 "EXCEPTION: database probably overloaded?")
-;;        (debug:print 0 "  " exn)
-;;        (print-call-chain)
-;;        (thread-sleep! (random 120))
-;;        (debug:print 0 "trying db call one more time....")
-;;        (runner))
-;;      (runner))))
+(define (open-run-close-exception-handling proc idb . params)
+ (let ((runner (lambda ()
+    	  (let* ((db   (if idb idb (open-db)))
+    		 (res #f))
+    	    (db:set-sync db)
+    	    (set! res (apply proc db params))
+    	    (if (not idb)(sqlite3:finalize! db))
+    	    res))))
+   (handle-exceptions
+    exn
+    (begin
+      (debug:print 0 "EXCEPTION: database probably overloaded?")
+      (debug:print 0 "  " exn)
+      (print-call-chain)
+      (thread-sleep! (random 120))
+      (debug:print 0 "trying db call one more time....")
+      (runner))
+    (runner))))
+
+(define open-run-close open-run-close-exception-handling)
 
 (define *global-delta* 0)
 (define *last-global-delta-printed* 0)
 
 (define (open-run-close-measure  proc idb . params)

Index: tests/fullrun/megatest.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fullrun/megatest.config
+++ tests/fullrun/megatest.config
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 [include config/mt_include_1.config]
 
 [setup]
 # FULL or 2, NORMAL or 1, OFF or 0
-synchronous NORMAL
+synchronous OFF
 # Throttle roughly scales the db access milliseconds to seconds delay
 throttle 0.2
 # Max retries allows megatest to re-check that a tests status has changed
 # as tests can have transient FAIL status occasionally
 maxretries 500