Re: [Dev-C++] Writing a mySQL client

[John <10...@ic...>]

Hi,

"reimp.exe" is a nice utility, could you post link for download.

Thanks,

Jasbir Chauhan

Yeoh HS wrote:

> Hi Devin,
>
> I finally got it to work! :)
>
> Created liblibmysql.a using a tool called "reimp.exe".
>
> According to the readme file:
> `reimp' is a tool to convert Microsoft's new-style (short) import
> libraries to import libraries for win32 ports of GNU tools (mingw32,
> cygwin).
>
> The command: "reimp.exe libmysql.lib" will create liblibmysql.a
>
> Then all I had to do was to add this file liblibmysql.a to the linker
> options and re-build my exe.
>
> If you need the tool "reimp.exe", do e-mail me. I have downloaded the exe +
> src and the zip file is only 31K.
>
> Note that the libmysql.lib file is Microsoft's format.
>
> Regards,
> Yeoh
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Devin Smith <dev...@bu...>
> To: <dev...@li...>
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 1:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Writing a mySQL client
>
> > I am getting the same problem trying to compile a sample little test
> > program.
> >
> > Here is the program I have written to test it:
> >
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <mysql/mysql.h>
> >
> > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > {
> >   MYSQL *mysql;
> >
> >   mysql_init(mysql);
> >   mysql_close(mysql);
> >
> >   return 0;
> > }
> >
> > It is being linked with libmysql.a , and libmingw32.a.
> >
> > I downloaded the Borland version of the library and used impdef and then
> > dlltool to create the import library. I'll update the dlltool program and
> > see if I can fix the problem.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yeoh HS" <ye...@ya...>
> > To: <dev...@li...>
> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:22 AM
> > Subject: [Dev-C++] Writing a mySQL client
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to use Dev-C++ 4 to write a simple Win32 client to logon to a
> > > mySQL server.
> > >
> > > I have mySQL installed on Win98 standalone PC. This is a fresh install.
> > >
> > > The Dev-C++ project file is set to the include file mysql.h and the lib
> > file
> > > libmysql.lib.
> > > There is also a libmysql.def in the include dir and the dll file
> > > libmysql.dll is in the working directory.
> > >
> > > My test program compiles okay but there is a linker error.
> > >
> > > Here's the linker error:
> > > d:\devcpp\login.o(.text+0x5c):login.cpp: undefined reference to
> > > `mysql_init@4'
> > >
> > > It appears that Dev-C++ is not able to link with libmysql.lib. This
> > > libmysql.lib file is from the mysql++ VC++ version package.
> > >
> > > Also, I've used dlltool.exe to create libmysql.lib from libmysql.dll but
> > the
> > > linker error is still the same.
> > >
> > > What am I missing here?
> > > What options do I have?
> > > Perhaps load the libmysql.dll via LoadLibrary function?
> > >
> > > Tested my program using BCC5.5 and it compiles, links (with the lib for
> > > BCC5.5) and runs okay.
> > >
> > > Would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Yeoh
> > >
> > >
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