Re: Compiling pgsql C/C++ interfaces on Win not using Cygwin - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Compiling pgsql C/C++ interfaces on Win not using Cygwin
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Msg-id 200208301542.g7UFgOt02522@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Compiling pgsql C/C++ interfaces on Win not using Cygwin  (Tomáš Vondra <vondra@tesmail.cz>)
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This means you didn't include libpq.a in your link line.

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Tom�� Vondra wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>    is it possible to compile postgres C/C++ interfaces (use libpq or
>    libpq++ in a client application) on Windows not using Cygwin?
>
>    I've just tried to compile some examples from 7.2.1 using MS Visual
>    C++ 6, but I got lot of "uresolved external symbol" errors when
>    linking, for example:
>
> testlibpq2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PQfinish
> testlibpq2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PQnotifies
> testlibpq2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PQclear
> testlibpq2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PQresultStatus
> testlibpq2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PQexec
> testlibpq2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PQerrorMessage
> testlibpq2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PQstatus
> testlibpq2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PQsetdbLogin
>
>    I think it means some important libraries are missing (at least I
>    think it means this).
>
>    I don't wan't to compile all the server, just the part necessarry
>    to use in a client app. I don't want to use ODBC, I'd like to use
>    native access to database. If there's such a way?
>
>    Tomas
>
>
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