Re: [mdb-dev] Re: mdbtools-dev digest, Vol 1 #370 - 2 msgs

[Mike <mi...@aa...>]

br...@br... wrote:

>Hi,
>
>There is indeed a "deletion flag" for rows in an MDB database. 
>However, we've always approached it from the opposite end of trying
>not to read them.  I'd be curious to see how this works out, I don't
>quite fully understand the process by which Jet deletes rows, I just
>know how to deal with them once they are there.
>
>You may try this:
>
>bring down the source code for mdbtools.
>in the file src/libmdb/mem.c find the function mdb_alloc_tabledef()
>after the memset add:
>
>table->noskip_del = 1;
>
>now, you'll also need to turn on the old brute force reads, define the
>variable SLOW_READ
>
>export CFLAGS="-D SLOW_READ"
>./configure
>make
>
>now you should have a copy of mdbtools that will read any page that
>appears to be owned by the table and will read deleted rows on those
>pages.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>Brian
>
>  
>
Going great untill part way through the make, I got...

/bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2 -DSQL   -o mdb-sql  
mdb-sql.o ../libmdb/libmdb.la ../sql/libmdbsql.la -lglib-2.0    -lfl
gcc -g -O2 -DSQL -o .libs/mdb-sql mdb-sql.o  ../libmdb/.libs/libmdb.so 
../sql/.libs/libmdbsql.so /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so -lfl -Wl,--rpath 
-Wl,/usr/local/lib
../sql/.libs/libmdbsql.so: undefined reference to `yylex'
../sql/.libs/libmdbsql.so: undefined reference to `yyerror'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [mdb-sql] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/mdbtools-0.5/src/util'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/mdbtools-0.5/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Looking on the web, people seemed to think it was a bison or flex 
problem. Have installed the latest of both, but no change.
Way outside my sphere of knowledge, can anyone suggest a fix?
--
Have a Nice Day!
Mike