hi,

i'm not sure if this is the right place for this post, but i couldn't find a
better one.

i'm writing code which iteratively updates a database for ~3000 objects.  
the app is built as a console application, and i'm using writes to the
console to help me monitor what's going on in the code.  there are ~3 writes
per object, so say ~10,000 for the whole procedure.

occasionally my app will hang on the statement console.writeline('text')

any ideas on what's going on here?  should i be clearing the console, or
some input stream, or something like that?  i tried to do that from the
command window with the app paused, but i get the message 'expression cannot
be evaluated at this time'.

any help much appreciated.  i'm not a pro on this stuff, but i'd like to
learn.

matthew