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From: "Jorge Ivan Meza Martinez" <jimeza AT usa DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Database programming with djgpp
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 22:35:22 -0500
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>| It will update and consult a relatively small database. I'll use a
>| DBF compatible library for the (quasi) database management: i'm
>| considering (GPL) Xbase DBMS, that i found in
>| http://www.gbob.com/xbase/xbase.html

I downloaded the XBase, thanks to the suggestion of Boon van der RJ,
but I had problems when linking the library.

It uses the gcvt function to convert doubles to strings, BC has this
function
in stdlib.h but DJGPP not.

do someone had compiled this library before under djgpp ?

how did you solve this ?
or, could you give any idea to solve this ?

the problem is that the .a file is created but when I am going to use it the
gcvt is undefined.
I created a simple gcvt emulation using sprintf and it worked but when I am
checking the examples I get some errors ( from runtime, they compile and
link ok with the .a generated ) and I think that maybe they could be caused
by this change.

| It is a C/C++ library that supports all dBase III+ features, and
| some of dBase IV. It has even (Perl) tools for the conversion of
| Clipper programs, at
| http://www.gbob.com/xbase/Xb2cpp.html

I haven't checked this link yet, but if someone could give me his concept
about it would be useful to me.

thanks,


   Jorge Ivan Meza Martinez
jimezam AT armenia DOT multi DOT net DOT co
          jimeza AT usa DOT net
      jimezam.home.ml.org

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