From: Warren Young
Date: December 3 2008 10:32pm
Subject: Re: Static Library compilation difficulties on vc2008
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Attila wrote:
> I changed 'dll' to lib.  I was able to compile mysql++ in vc2008 project.
> However in the options it generates a "Multi-threaded Debug DLL (/MDd)" 
> project. I need a static lib however.

Actually, I don't see a reason to change the /M options.  They affect 
which run-time library your program links to, not how the program or 
library itself gets built.  You should be able to have a static MySQL++ 
library that links dynamically to the VC++ standard libraries.

> I am having some weird linking errors related to mysqlclient.lib now.  

This is due to using a different /M option than was used to build that 
library.  You can't mix /M options among modules in a program.

If you had to have a fully static link, you'd have to rebuild 
mysqlclient.lib from source, too.

P.S. Please don't send email to me directly.  I do read the list. 
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