Re: c++ compile/link problem

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Shane Hansen wrote:

> I am struggling trying to get a connection to my postgres database from a c++ program. I have read the documention and looked at many examples, but when I try to compile the code I get the same type errors every time. They look like:
>
> /tmp/cc38u8Jz.o: In function `main':
> /tmp/cc38u8Jz.o(.text+0x3b): undefined reference to `PgConnection::PgConnection(
> char const *)'
> /tmp/cc38u8Jz.o(.text+0x4e): undefined reference to `PgConnection::~PgConnection
> (void)'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Shane Hansen
>

Are you linking youur program with the libpq++ library? Usually, with g++
I compile programs with
g++ -lpq++ -L /path/to/pgsql/lib -I /path/to/pgsql/include

Hope that helps!

Randy Jonasz
Software Engineer
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