docs: def TAPQuery(query):
      """The __main__ part of the script"""
  
      tapURL = "http://cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/tap/sync"
  
  
      ## Some default parameters for that TAP service queries.
      tapParams={'REQUEST': 'doQuery',
                 'LANG':    'ADQL',
                 'FORMAT':  'votable',
                 'QUERY':   query}
      cnt=0
      while True:	
         try:
            print "running query"
            r=urllib2.urlopen(tapURL,urllib.urlencode(tapParams))
            return r
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
            cnt+=1
            if e.code!=503:
                sys.stderr.write("# TAP Query got Code: %s Attempt: %d (exiting)\n" % (str(e.code),cnt))
                sys.exit(-1)
            sys.stderr.write("# TAP Query got Code: %s Attempt: %d (sleeping for 10)\n" % (str(e.code),cnt))
            time.sleep(10)