int doSendQuery(const char * ip, unsigned port, const char * base)
{
    Owned<ISocket> socket;
    Owned<ISecureSocketContext> secureContext;
    __int64 starttime, endtime;
    StringBuffer ipstr;
    try
    {
        if (strcmp(ip, ".")==0)
            ip = GetCachedHostName();
        else
        {
            const char *dash = strchr(ip, '-');
            if (dash && isdigit(dash[1]) && dash>ip && isdigit(dash[-1]))
            {
                if (persistConnections)
                    UNIMPLEMENTED;
                const char *startrange = dash-1;
                while (isdigit(startrange[-1]))
                    startrange--;
                char *endptr;
                unsigned firstnum = atoi(startrange);
                unsigned lastnum = strtol(dash+1, &endptr, 10);
                if (lastnum > firstnum)
                {
                    static unsigned counter;
                    static CriticalSection counterCrit;
                    CriticalBlock b(counterCrit);
                    ipstr.append(startrange - ip, ip).append((counter++ % (lastnum+1-firstnum)) + firstnum).append(endptr);
                    ip = ipstr.str();
                    printf("Sending to %s\n", ip);
                }
            }
        }
        starttime= get_cycles_now();
        if (persistConnections)
        {
            if (!persistSocket)
            {
                SocketEndpoint ep(ip,port);
                persistSocket.setown(ISocket::connect_timeout(ep, 1000));
                if (useSSL)
                {
#ifdef _USE_OPENSSL
                    if (!persistSecureContext)
                        persistSecureContext.setown(createSecureSocketContext(ClientSocket));
                    persistSSock.setown(persistSecureContext->createSecureSocket(persistSocket.getClear()));
                    persistSSock->secure_connect();
                    persistSocket.setown(persistSSock.getClear());
#else
                    throw MakeStringException(-1, "OpenSSL disabled in build");
#endif
                }
            }
            socket = persistSocket;
        }
        else
        {
            SocketEndpoint ep(ip,port);
            socket.setown(ISocket::connect_timeout(ep, 100000));
            if (useSSL)
            {
#ifdef _USE_OPENSSL
                secureContext.setown(createSecureSocketContext(ClientSocket));
                Owned<ISecureSocket> ssock = secureContext->createSecureSocket(socket.getClear());
                ssock->secure_connect();
                socket.setown(ssock.getClear());
#else
                throw MakeStringException(1, "OpenSSL disabled in build");
#endif
            }
        }
    }
    catch(IException * e)
    {
        pexception("failed to connect to server", e);
        return 1;
    }

    StringBuffer fullQuery;
    bool useHTTP = forceHTTP || strstr(base, "<soap:Envelope") != NULL;
    if (useHTTP)
    {
        StringBuffer newQuery;
        Owned<IPTree> p = createPTreeFromXMLString(base, ipt_none, ptr_none);
        const char *queryName = p->queryName();
        if ((stricmp(queryName, "envelope") != 0) && (stricmp(queryName, "envelope") != 0))
        {
            if (queryNameOverride.length())
                queryName = queryNameOverride;
            newQuery.appendf("<Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"><Body><%sRequest>", queryName);
            Owned<IPTreeIterator> elements = p->getElements("./*");
            ForEach(*elements)
            {
                IPTree &elem = elements->query();
                toXML(&elem, newQuery, 0, XML_SingleQuoteAttributeValues);
            }
            newQuery.appendf("</%sRequest></Body></Envelope>", queryName);
            base = newQuery.str();
        }
        // note - don't support queryname override unless original query is xml
        fullQuery.appendf("POST /doc HTTP/1.0\r\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\n\r\n", (int) strlen(base)).append(base);
    }
    else
    {
        if (sendToSocket)