RE: [INTERFACES] The problem between libpq and libpgtcl for WIN32

Hello all.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
> [mailto:owner-pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org]On Behalf Of Hiroshi Inoue
> Subject: [INTERFACES] The problem between libpq and libpgtcl for WIN32
>
>
>   The treatment of pgresStatus[] in libpq must be changed ?
>
> In case of Windows,global data interface between dll's is
> different from UNIX.
> If fact,libpgtcl references global data pgresStatus[] in libpq
> and  pg_result -status command does not work properly for
> Windows.
>
> I think it is preferable to use function interfaces than gobal
> data references.
>
> Any ideas ?

  I solved this problem by the change in the following.

======== cut here ========
*** libpq-fe.h.dist     Tue Oct  6 23:16:48 1998
--- libpq-fe.h  Tue Dec 15 03:52:34 1998
***************
*** 50,56 ****
--- 50,60 ----
        } ExecStatusType;

  /* String descriptions of the ExecStatusTypes */
+ #ifdef WIN32
+       __declspec(dllimport) const char * const pgresStatus[];
+ #else
        extern const char * const pgresStatus[];
+ #endif

  /* PGconn encapsulates a connection to the backend.
   * The contents of this struct are not supposed to be known to
applications.
*** libpqdll.def.dist   Tue Oct  6 23:05:02 1998
--- libpqdll.def        Tue Dec 15 03:52:44 1998
***************
*** 63,68 ****
        lo_unlink               @ 60
        lo_import               @ 61
        lo_export               @ 62
!       pgresStatus             @ 63
        PQmblen                 @ 64
        PQresultErrorMessage    @ 65
--- 63,68 ----
        lo_unlink               @ 60
        lo_import               @ 61
        lo_export               @ 62
!       pgresStatus             @ 63 DATA
        PQmblen                 @ 64
        PQresultErrorMessage    @ 65
======== cut here ========

  "pg_result -status" operates correctly by this method. Moreover, it is
thought that this method is easy because the change part is in libpq.

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Hiroki Kataoka
kataoka@interwiz.koganei.tokyo.jp