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[Frediano Ziglio <freddy77 AT gmail.com>]

2016-04-18 11:04 GMT+01:00 Velichko Yuriy <velichko.yuriy AT gmail.com>:
> I have tried to use db-lib.lib from AppVeyor  archive and got same link
> issues.
>
> So I went back to CMake + Visual Studio + Manual build
>
> And figure out that need to use replacements.lib too.
>

Yes, replacements was a library :-)

> So if I link my application to
>
> db-lib.lib
> tds.lib
> replacements.lib
>
> the build performs without errors and all works fine.
>
> So there are few more question:
>
> 1 why replacements.lib is absent in AppVeyor archive

Fixing this. Should be distributed.

> 2 I have inherited project that uses SINGLE file db-lib.lib and all works.
> But it size much bigger (2.5 Mb for x86). How it can be? may be old version
> has such build output?

libraries are like simple archive (ie zip files), you can put
everything together.
For some reason the library you used had everything inside (that's also
a reason it was much bigger... or contained more debug information).

> 3 It is correct approach to use 3 libs, or there is a way to get a single
> file?
>

It's correct. And I prefer instead of having huge static library but
self-contained.

Frediano

> Regards.
>
> On 15 April 2016 at 19:44, Velichko Yuriy <velichko.yuriy AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Alot!!!
>>
>> Btw, I think you can include this answer into FreeTDS docs, because it can
>> be helpful to users.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15 April 2016 at 18:52, Ramiro Morales <cramm0 AT gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Velichko Yuriy <
>>> velichko.yuriy AT gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello!
>>> >
>>> > I've downloaded the latest version of FreeTDS, configured and builded
>>> it
>>> > with CMake and Visual Studio 2013.
>>> >
>>> > I need to use only db-lib as a static library.
>>> > So I copied it to the project and linked with it.
>>> >
>>> > But on building the project I have got link errors like this:
>>> >
>>> > : unresolved external symbol _tdsdump_open referenced in function
>>> > _tdsdbopen
>>> > C:\.......\db-lib.lib(dblib.obj)
>>> >
>>> > I can't find out how to fix this issue.
>>> > Help me please! )
>>> >
>>> > Thanks!
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> You can  download FreeTDS binaries for Windows from AppVeyor (the hosted
>>> CI
>>> platform used).
>>>
>>> There is a .zip file available as artifact of every sucessful build.
>>>
>>> The list of builds:
>>> https://ci.appveyor.com/project/FreeTDS/freetds/history
>>>
>>> You can find there builds of code in the master banch and (from time to
>>> time) builds from the post-0.95 release fixes-only Branch-0_95 branch.
>>>
>>> A recent sucessful build:
>>> https://ci.appveyor.com/project/FreeTDS/freetds/build/448
>>>
>>> Every build matrix element generates its artifact. e.g. for x86_64 builds
>>> with Visual Studio 2015:
>>>
>>> https://ci.appveyor.com/project/FreeTDS/freetds/build/448/job/5a8osy4ey1bqir03
>>> and the resulting zip file:
>>>
>>> https://ci.appveyor.com/project/FreeTDS/freetds/build/448/job/5a8osy4ey1bqir03/artifacts
>>>
>>> I also maintain similar builds of the Branch-0_95 branch at
>>> https://github.com/ramiro/freetds/releases
>>>
>>> If you don't want or can't use binaries built by third parties then the
>>> appveyor.yml file and associated files (find them on the source tree) can
>>> be of help as a source of information and experience to avoid common
>>> pitfalls/pain points  when building FreeTDS on Windows.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ramiro Morales
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> С уважением, Величко Юрий.
>>
>
>
>
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> С уважением, Величко Юрий.
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