Thread: how to make libpq on winnt using the 'win32.mak's

  
Hi 
I'm running postgres v6.5.3. I need to make calls to
the functions in libpq in my code. For this I need the
files - libpq.lib/libpq.lib.dll/libpqdll.lib.

When I run 'nmake /f win32.mak' in the src directory,
it is unable to open/find config.h . If I use the
config.h generated as a result of 'configure' on
cygwin, it complains about other .h files not being
found. (I do not know if there is a way to do the
equivalent on the DOS Shell/Command Prompt )

Could anyone let me know how to build libpq to get
libpq.dll/libpq.lib/libpqdll.lib ? If somebody already
has a version of the same for postgres v6.5.3, even
that would be helpful.

Thanks,
Rini

ps : The administrators guide has a chapter on this
which I followed. (But it mentions Postgres v6.4
?!)
Here is an extract :  
>  Chapter 20. Installation on Win32
>  
>  Table of Contents
>  Building the libraries
>  Installing the libraries
>  Using the libraries
>          Build and installation instructions for
>  Postgres v6.4 client libraries on Win32.
>  
>  Building the libraries
>  
>  The makefiles included in Postgres are written
for
>  Microsoft Visual C++, and will probably not work
>  with
>  other systems. It should be
>  possible to compile the libaries manually in
other
>  cases.
>  
>  To build the libraries, change directory into the
>  src
>  directory, and type the command 
>  
>  nmake /f win32.mak
>  
>  This assumes that you have Visual C++ in your
path.
>  
>  The following files will be built: 
>  
>         interfaces\libpq\Release\libpq.dll - The
>  dynamically linkable frontend library
>  
>         interfaces\libpq\Release\libpqdll.lib -
>  Import
>  library to link your program to libpq.dll
>  
>         interfaces\libpq\Release\libpq.lib -
Static
>  library version of the frontend library
>  
>         bin\psql\Release\psql.exe - The Postgresql
>  interactive SQL monitor
>  

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>
> Hi
>
> I'm running postgres v6.5.3. I need to make calls to
> the functions in libpq in my code. For this I need the
> files - libpq.lib/libpq.lib.dll/libpqdll.lib.
   You find prepared .dll's under
       src/bin/pgaccess/win32/dll
   Wasn't there some utility to generate .lib files from .dll's?


Jan

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