I did as you told me and I seem to get the mysqlpp.dll to compile but I can't seem to get mysqlpp.a to compile at all. I get the following error after adding the linker you recommend

g++ -shared -o mysqlpp.dll --out-implib=mysqlpp.a debug/coldata.o debug/connect ion.o debug/datetime.o debug/field_names.o debug/field_types.o debug/fields.o de bug/manip.o debug/myset.o debug/qparms.o debug/query.o debug/result.o debug/row. o debug/sql_string.o debug/string_util.o debug/type_info.o debug/vallist.o -Lc: \mysql\lib\gcc -lmysqlclient del /q "..\examples\debug\"*.exe Could Not Find C:\mysql++\examples\debug\*.exe make[1]: *** No rule to make target `mysqlpp.a', needed by `all'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/mysql++/lib' make: *** [all] Error 2

--Death Gauge "How do you gauge your death?!"

----Original Message Follows---- From: "Patrick McMichael" <p.s....@gats-inc.com> To: "'MySQL++ Mailing List'" <plus...@lists.mysql.com> Subject: RE: New Problem with DLL/MinGW Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:50:19 -0500

Death, This error means it's not generating the import library for the mysqlpp library (which is used in programs that use the DLL to let them know what's in the DLL, I think). You should be able to add the following flag to your linker flags and it will build the import library for you as it builds the dll.

--out-implib=mysqlpp.a

Please let us know if you get it working in MinGW with a DLL, we've all tried and given up.

-Patrick