Re: problem with msvc linker - cannot build orafce

2015-11-24 11:33 GMT+01:00 Kisung Kim <kskim(at)bitnine(dot)co(dot)kr>:

> 2015-11-24 8:12 GMT+09:00 Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>:
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>> On 11/23/15 15:14, Tom Lane wrote:
>> > Lack of PGDLLIMPORT on the extern declaration, no doubt.
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>> > The fact that we've not heard this before implies that either nobody has
>> > ever tried to use orafce on Windows, or it only very recently grew a
>> > dependency on session_timezone.
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> Actually, we encountered the situation before couple of months.
> A client wanted to use orafce on Windows and the same build problem
> occurred.
> We performed a workaround to edit the PG source to export unresolved
> symbols,
> which I think of not a good solution.
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I found a workaround for session_timezone so master is compileable on msvc
again without patching PG source

https://github.com/orafce/orafce/commit/9bda5074d44eefebbd002b4720d5833e612428af

but can be nice to solve this issue - there can be some interesting
variables and not for all the workaround is possible

Regards

Pavel

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> 2015-11-24 8:12 GMT+09:00 Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>:
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>> Has anyone got the stomach to try such a thing and see what happens?
>> I don't have MSVC here.
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>> -Chap
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> We have the environment to test your ideas.
> Can you explain your ideas with more detail?
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