Thread: Link error with VC++ linking to libpq.lib

Perhaps I asked at the wrong time, so let me try again.
 
I'm using Visual Studios C++ Express 2008 on Windows 7 with the "standard" (pre-packaged) 64-bit Windows distribution of PostgreSQL v.9.0.4 and I am having unresolved refs when linking to libpq.lib.  The relevant elements of my program are:
 
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "libpq-fe.h"
using namespace System;
 
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
  ...

  char *pghost = "localhost",
        *pgport = "5432",
        *pgoptions = NULL,
        *pgtty = NULL;
  char *dbName = "mydb";
  PGconn *conn;
  /* make a connection to the database */
  conn = PQsetdb(pghost, pgport, pgoptions, pgtty, dbName);
  ...
)
 
Linking against libpq.lib in the postgres "lib" directory, the error I get is:
 
DBTest.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "extern "C" struct pg_conn * __cdecl PQsetdbLogin( ...

So, how do I fix this and get this thing to linik without error?

On a possibly related topic, is it possible to link to static postgres libraries and not require the use of the .dll's?

Regards,

- Roy

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