I have recently used the libpq++.a library as it stands to carry out SELECT
and INSERT command with few problems.
Its a pleasure to use, my compliments to you all. However...
I would now like to inherit the PgCursor class into one of my own classes.
Seems easy enough, but I have come up against a problem with the linker.
If I try to compile the code below with a simple makefile, the linker
(collect2) complains it cannot find the constructor for PgCursor. This is
true if I try to inherit from any of the classes in the libpq++.a library.
The linker output is shown below.
What am I doing wrong? If I comment out the declaration of 'newPgCursor
causesLinkErrors', then the code builds and works perfectly!
Are there link options I need to consider if I want to inherit from the
library?
I have tried building my own libraries and inheriting from them, using a
similar make file, but they work fine.
This has kept me going round in circles for a good few days now.
I would REALLY appreciate some suggestions, I seem to be getting nowhere!
Regards,
Chris Holman
******************** CODE STARTS **************************
#include "libpq++.H"
class newPgCursor: public PgCursor{
public: newPgCursor():PgCursor("dbname=testing", "cdh2"){}
};
void main(void){ /*********** why does next line cause problems during
link?*************/ newPgCursor causesLinkErrors; PgCursor cdh("dbname=testing", "cdh1");
if(cdh.ConnectionBad()){ cout << "bad connection" << endl; exit(1);}
if (!cdh.ExecCommandOk("insert into person (e_firstname) values ('a
Name');")){ cout << "couldnt insert persons name" << endl; }
cout << "check the program ran" << endl;
}
******************** CODE ENDS **************************
******************** MAKEFILE STARTS **************************
CCC=g++
GCCOPTIONS= -frtti -D_CPPRTTI
PGSQLDIR= /usr/include/pgsql
PGDIR= $(PGSQLDIR)/libpq
PGPLUSDIR=$(PGSQLDIR)/libpq++
PGLIBDIR= /usr/lib
INCLUDEPATH= -I$(PGDIR) -I$(PGPLUSDIR) -I$(PGSQLDIR)
COMPILEDIRECTIVE= $(GCCOPTIONS) $(DEBUGOPTIONS) $(INCLUDEPATH)
LINKDIRECTIVE= -L$(PGLIBDIR)
TEST_APP= test.exe
bitstest: test.o $(CCC) -o $(TEST_APP) test.o $(LINKDIRECTIVE) -lpq++ -lpqchmod 777 $(TEST_APP)
clean:rm -f *.o
.SUFFIXES: .cpp .C .cc .cxx .o
%.o: %.cpp$(CCC) $(COMPILEDIRECTIVE) -c $< -o $@
******************** MAKEFILE ENDS **************************
******************** LINKER OUTPUT STARTS **************************
[chrish@pigpen testString]$ make
g++ -frtti -D_CPPRTTI -D_UNIT_TEST_OBJECT_ -I/usr/include/pgsql/libpq -I/usr/i
nclude/pgsql/libpq++ -I/usr/include/pgsql -c test.cpp -o test.o
g++ -o test.exe test.o -L/usr/lib -lpq++ -lpq
test.o: In function `newPgCursor type_info function':
test.o(.gnu.linkonce.t.__tf11newPgCursor+0xd): undefined reference to `PgCursor
type_info function'
test.o(.gnu.linkonce.t.__tf11newPgCursor+0x14): undefined reference to `PgCursortype_info node'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [bitstest] Error 1
******************** LINKER OUTPUT ENDS **************************
Regards,
Chris Holman