need to read an entry from the db after reading config file

[Forest Hill <forest@apple.com>]

I'd like to store some config info in the database, with a directive 
in the config file indicating where to look for that config info. 
So, I need to search for the entry containing that data after 
read_config() finishes, but before the server finishes starting up. 
The problems I'm having are

1) I'd like to do this search synchronously if possible since I 
really don't want the server to start answering queries until after 
I'm done doing this

2) all of the search functions seem to require an Operation* and this 
is not happening as part of some other operation.  is there a 
designated ctx and/or Operation* already available for doing this 
type of thing?

Is there somewhere in the code where a lookup is being done 
synchronously and not as part of some larger user-requested 
Operation* ?

Thanks!
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Forest Hill
Apple Computer, Inc.
408-329-4442
forest@apple.com