Our company uses a nifty MySQL database to import/store data that is FTP'd to us. It runs QUICKLY to import the data (like... nanoseconds)!

However, being a slightly more advanced than a beginner, I've been told "don't touch!" and build queries in MS Access (Office 2010) using ODBC.

This works, but at times the queries seem to crank on endlessly. I get an Access (not responding) in the title bar and see no...