Hi all,

I've been trying to test the testdb program that comes with FPC, and it's kind of wierd, if I compile it from a dos box (running on Windows 98) I get the error message:

 -: cannot find -lmysqlclient
testdb.pp(83,1) Warning: Error while linking

This is using: ppc386 testdb -Fu\pp\units\win32 at the command prompt.

However if I run fp, it claims the file compiles correctly, but when I tell it to run the file, it says it can't find the exe file. Which makes since because it doesn't exist.

Any suggestions?

Chris

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Hi Michael,

I've tried this and have had no luck. One thing I was wondering, though why would you need a dll file to compile a program? It was always my understanding, that dlls were only used while the program was running.

Chris

You should have a file libmysqlclient.dll somewhere in your system. (normally the directory where mysql is installed)

either:
1. Copy it to the directory where the sources are.
2. Add the path to the directory where it is to the compiler command-line options with -Fl:
ppc386 testdb -Fu\pp\units\win32 -Flc:\mysql\lib
(assuming it is in c:\mysql\lib

It may be that on your system the dll is called libmysql.dll, in that case you should make a copy called libmysqlclient.dll

Michael.

Hi Chris,

Download a snapshot for 1.0.5 or wait for 1.0.6 which is about to be released. The mysql unit on 1.0.4 Win32 has a litthe bug regarding linking.

[]s, Fernando Lozano