Thanks for the suggestion. I wasn't able to get the whole pg to compile - but I was able to take one of the contrib packages and use that as a template for my needs.
Bryan. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net>wrote: > 2010/2/23 Bryan Montgomery <mo...@english.net>: > > Hello, > > I have a very simple function that I've created. I can compile it in > linux without any problems. However, I've tried creating a dll for windows > and am not having much luck. > > > > I first tried MSVC 2008 but after seeing some comments have tried > compiling it in MSVC 2005 as well. > > With 8.4 and earlier, only MSVC2005 is supported. If you're trying on > 9.0, MSVC 2008 should be fine. > > > > In both I get several errors, whether I compile the code as c++ and use > an extern C block, or compile the code as C. > > They definitely should be C. I wouldn't recommend C++ with extern defines. > > > > I've tried creating new projects from both ides for dlls, as well as > trying to create a project from an external source file. > > > > I'm using postgres version 8.3.5. I'm also including the port\win32_msvc > directory as well as the port\win32 include directory. > > > > I was wondering if someone has a packaged 'solution' (makefile /def /.sln > whatever :) that they can post / send? At this point I'm stumped with just > trying to build a basic dll with the postgres headers. > > > I don't know of a packaged one, but your best bet is probably to > download the source and run the "mkvcbuild" script on it. Then look at > one of the projects generated for a contrib project - they are the > most likely to be close to what you want. > > > > warning C4005: '_WIN32_WINNT' : macro redefinition c:\program > files\postgresql\include\server\pg_config_os.h 7 > > Are you defining _WIN32_WINNT yourself somewhere? Or including > something else before the postgres headers that define it? > > > error C2894: templates cannot be declared to have 'C' linkage > c:\program files\microsoft visual studio > 8\vc\platformsdk\include\wspiapi.h 44 > > error C2894: templates cannot be declared to have 'C' linkage > c:\program files\microsoft visual studio > 8\vc\platformsdk\include\wspiapi.h 44 > > error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0 c:\program > files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\sys\utime.inl 44 > > These are all coming out of your SDK files. Can you build your > projects if you *don't* include the postgres headers at all? Perhaps > you are stuck with one of those platform sdk mismatches we've seen now > and then? > > > -- > Magnus Hagander > Me: http://www.hagander.net/ > Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ >
