libmysqlclient.lib / libmysqlclient.a

[smolki]

Hi
I'm trying to write a very simple program wich need to communicate with mysql server. I use DOS and Linux (Slackware). Under DOS, i'm using RHIDE and DJGPP. When compiling, I am getting some errors like unreferenced symbol or something like that. I think that the problem is to link a proper library, but I can't find any of the *.a files in my MySQL distribution (Windows distribution). Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks

Michal Smolinski

 

[abombss]

I believe that MySQL requires a Win32 enviroment or Cygwin enviroment to compile. My guess is you need to first build libMySQLClient somehow on dos. I am not familiar with RHIDE and DJGPP but it looks like support for Cygwin is in the works so you might be able to do it.

This might be a great topic for the MySQL DEV maillist.

abombss

 

[smolki]

Thanks, but I use Win98 for MySQL and my program. DOS is only supported for backward compatibility. I am actually working on Win98 with djgpp compiler. Problem is, that I have no valid library. With MySQL come mysqlclient.lib, but i need libmysqlclient.a. Does anyone knows where to get it?

 

[abombss]

I think you will need to try building the the libraries from source. Check out this link.

http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/configure_options.html

abombss

 

[smolki]

Thanks, but all of this is for Linux based systems. I'm running on Windows. Windows sources could be compiled under VC++ and I have djgpp. Conclusion - MySQL client can't be compiled under djgpp. I found some informations that it can be done with CygWin, and I will try this in few days.