Words no dev or admin ever wants to hear or think when working with a large database: "Hmmm... This seems to be taking longer than it should. Weird." I did som

Words no dev or admin ever wants to hear or think when working with a large database: "Hmmm... This seems to be taking longer than it should. Weird." I did something like this 23 years ago. I could bore you with specifics, but I'm sure you can guess, or worse, can fill in the details from your own similar experience. It's sorta like grabbing a hot iron skillet with your bare hand - you're not likely to ever do it twice, and like Mark Twain's cat, you won't even pull one out from the cabinet without getting an oven mitt first. Sometimes we have to learn lessons the hard way.