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Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 13:46:17 +0000
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
From: Julian Hall <jules AT acris DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Linking with MySQL client libs, stdcall fns
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I'm currently trying to link with the MySQL client libraries
to connect to a MySQL server running on my LAN.  I have downloaded
the Win32 .dll & .lib file from MySQL's home page (http://www.mysql.org/),
but have found a strange problem with
actually linking with these libraries.

The functions defined in the libraries use the stdcall convention (they are
called, for example, '_mysql_connect AT 16').  The header files that I am
including declare the functions using the macro 'STDCALL' which isn't being
redeclared from the <windows.h> include file which defines it (I ensured
this by adding a #ifndef STDCALL...#endif around the part of mysql.h that
declares STDCALL.

This attribute is apparently being ignored by the compiler, as the output
from gcc is attempting to link to '_mysql_connect', according to 'nm'.

The declaration of the _mysql_connect function, when preprocessed with gcc
-E, looks like this:

MYSQL * __attribute__ ((stdcall))  mysql_connect(MYSQL *mysql, const char
*host, const char *user, const char *passwd);

Does anyone have any ideas what's going on?

Could you please reply to my e-mail address, as I am not subscribed to the
list because I receive e-mail through my work address and my employer
'discourages' the use of mailing lists.


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