One reason for that happening is that you need to use WSAStartup() in your
program in order to initialize Winsock. This is required if you use the
*static* version of libpq (libpq.lib). If you use the DLL version
(libpqdll.lib), it *should* handle WSAStartup() itself.
//Magnus
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerhard Häring [mailto:gerhard.nospam@bigfoot.de]
> Sent: den 19 januari 2001 10:25
> To: pgsql-ports@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [PORTS] libpq and Visual C++
>
>
> This does not work for me. I have built like this, but get 'host not
> found' errors on the connect method. Even for IP numbers. Is this a
> known bug? Any hints?
>
> Perhaps you can try this, Teddy, and report back if it works for you.
>
> Gerhard
>
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Is there somebody who uses libpq with Visual C++ 6
> > >
> > > How to build libpq.dll ?
> > cd into "src\interfaces\libpq" and run "nmake /f
> win32.mak". If you run
> > "nmake /f win32.mak" in the root directory, you will get
> both libpq and
> > psql.exe.
> >
> > For more details, check
> >
http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/admin/install-win32.htm
>
> //Magnus
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