Purging the last few sessions in a large database

[RoKrie]

Due to the latest problems with the Pokerstars hand histories (always lose) I tried to purge the latest sessions from the database.

After choosing the button 'purge' a window appears containing two list boxes: Players and Sessions.
Both list boxes do not contain any data. In the listbox Players appears 'Populating...'
In this state the window freezes (Window title: No reply).
I think this results from the size of the database. My problem is: I'm waiting since one hour and I don't know when to stop the process.
Will the list boxes be filled? How long shall I wait? One hour? 10 hours? 10 years?

I only want to delete the last few hands from the database.

[WhiteRider]

If you have a very large number of players in your database it could take some time to populate - I wouldn't expect it to take that long, though.
Alternatively you could click the Advanced tab and purge hands for the appropriate day instead.

[RoKrie]

It took 1 hour 30 minutes.

[kraada]

Thanks for following up - were you able to get the sessions purged in the end?