thanks for the reply Jason, i have now added mysql++.lib to the linker and also copyied the libmysql.dll to the system folder. the program complies now with a few performance warnings but no errors.
there is one link error LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib "LIBC" conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library In the settings if i do as it says above, i get over 200 errors!! so i revert back. i have the simple code below but when the program is ran, the first message box comes up and then the program crashes MessageBox("test1"); Connection con("login", "localhost", "root", "abc"); MessageBox("test2"); the crash error is "abnormal program termination" if i use the example console code that comes with mysql++ 1.7.1 i get the following error at run time. Error: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client as i already said, i am running mysql++1.7.1 and mysql 4.1.18 and vc++6 please help -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]