Re: Compiling pgsql C/C++ interfaces on Win not using Cygwin

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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