Anybody who writes #pragma pack(1) may as well just wear a sign on their forehead that says “I hate RISC”

When you use #pragma pack(1), this changes the default structure packing to byte packing, removing all padding bytes normally inserted to preserve alignment.
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Migrating AIX Workloads to Azure: Approaches and Best Practices

IntroductionMany customers would like to migrate their AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) workloads to Linux in Azure to take advantage of the benefits of a Modern Cloud Platform, but wonder how to get started.  AIX is a UNIX operating system so… Continue reading Migrating AIX Workloads to Azure: Approaches and Best Practices

New Data Exposed episode: It’s just SQL: Collations in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

You’re probably familiar with Collations in SQL Server, but how do Collations change in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance?
In this video, Anna Thomas and Colin Murphy cover a brief overview of collations (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/st… Continue reading New Data Exposed episode: It’s just SQL: Collations in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance