From: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Database programming with djgpp
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 03:18:19 -0500
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Jorge Ivan Meza Martinez wrote:
> 
> >| 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.

djgpp has gcvt in stdlib.h
Since gcvt is not ANSI/ISO, it will not be seen when __STRICT_ANSI__ is
defined.  It is also not POSIX, so it will not been seen if
_POSIX_SOURCE is defined.



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