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Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 15:06:38 +0200
From: Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de>
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To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Cc: Garfield.palmer@beckfield030303.freeserve.co.uk
Subject: Re: libpq msvc crashing
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> Has anyone had problems running the testlibq in xp using msvc or
encounterd=
>  this problem.=20
>
> I am using postgresql 7.3.1, which if I run two command shell (one as
a ser=
> ver) it works fine. I only encounter problems when I try to run msvc.
I am =
> fairly new to postgresql, so I am basically trying to get the example
progr=
> ams to work, so that I know that the C programme communicates with the
serv=
> er, however everytime the programme compiles, It crashes. A college
lecture=
> r has looked at the code and commented out a lot of the code to
establish w=
> here its going wrong, to us it seems it does not like the line of code

>
> /* make a connection to the database */
> conn =3D PQsetdb (pghost, pgport,  pgoptions, pgtty, dbName);
>
>
> libpq.dll, libpq.lib and header files are included,  pghost  and
pgport are=
>  set, we are not sure on pgoption and pgtty though, however we have
simulat=
> ed different scenarios and hit the same result. Compiles then CRASH,
can an=
> yone help.=20=20
>
Could we see what's going on before calling PQsetdb, especially what
type of variable
dbName is and how it is set.
Regards, Christoph