Re: Libpq.dll: File not recognized

John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> writes:
> wild guess says your project is 64 bit, but libpq.dll is 32 bit.

Why would there be a 32bit dll in the 64bit pre-built package?

Regards
Bidski

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From: "John R Pierce" <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:34 AM
To: <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] Libpq.dll: File not recognized

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