+ZebraService start_service(char *cfgfile);
+
+/** initialises the zebra base and inserts some test data in it */
+void init_data( ZebraHandle zh, const char **recs);
+
+
+/** makes a query, and compares the number of hits to the expected */
+void Query(int lineno, ZebraHandle zh, char *query, int exphits);
+