Re: Libpq.dll: File not recognized

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Libpq.dll: File not recognized
Date: 2010-06-30 22:34:25
Message-ID: 4C2BC671.9090600@hogranch.com
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On 06/30/10 3:23 PM, Bidski wrote:
> Hi all,
> I downloaded the "one-click" installer for PostgreSQL 9.0 beta2 for
> Windows x64 (postgresql-9.0.0-beta2-windows-x64.exe) and installed it
> on my Windows 7 64 bit system. Installation seemed to go off without a
> hitch, but when I tried to link to libpq in my project I received the
> following error.
>
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\lib/libpq.dll: file not recognized:
> File format not recognized
>
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> I originally thought that this might have something to do with the use
> of different compilers/linkers (compiler/linker that I am using
> compared to the one used with to build libpq), but now Im not so sure.
>
> Some system info.....
>
> OS: Windows 7 64-bit
>
> MSYS ver: 1.0.14
>
> MinGW ver: 4.5.0
>
> Make ver: GNU make 3.81
>
> If it matters ..... My IDE is Eclipse Galileo and I am compiling my
> project using the MinGW toolchain.
>
>

wild guess says your project is 64 bit, but libpq.dll is 32 bit.

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