Update: ok this is working in cygwin, so maybe my GCC compiler on the windows side cmd.exe side is all higgly piggly?
on windows cmd.exe whereis gcc shows gcc is at: \mingw\bin\gcc.exe whereis isn't in my current cygwin install. On Thursday, July 10, 2014 4:17 PM, Jonathan Leslie <jlesli...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >Hey folks, I'm fresh off the boat with sqlite, but I'm an old-timer C >programmer on Unix. I have to work on a window's 7 x64 for this project, and >I also for the first time have to use SQL and I want to use SQL using C, gcc, >and SQLITE. So I went to the website and downloaded: > > > Directory of C:\jon\txt\sceptre\SQLite Download Page_files > > >140703 03:40 PM 698,103 sqlite-analyzer-win32-x86-3080500.zip >140703 03:40 PM 533,745 sqlite-dll-win64-x64-3080500.zip >140709 11:18 AM 4,446,454 sqlite-doc-3080500.zip >140703 03:41 PM 301,951 sqlite-shell-win32-x86-3080500.zip >140703 03:41 PM 5,452 sqlite370_banner.gif > 5 File(s) 5,985,705 bytes > 0 Dir(s) 27,665,055,744 bytes free > > > > >these files, > > >and ended up making a directory C:\sqlite on my c drive like so: > > > Directory of C:\sqlite > > >140710 02:43 PM <DIR> . >140710 02:43 PM <DIR> .. >140710 02:43 PM 91,786 a.exe >140710 02:39 PM 162,722 libsqlite3.a >140710 02:38 PM 56 session.txt >140604 09:21 PM 124,070 shell.c >140710 02:01 PM <DIR> sqlite-amalgamation-3080500 >140710 01:40 PM <DIR> sqlite-doc-3080500 >140604 09:21 PM 5,239,373 sqlite3.c >140630 12:19 PM 4,721 sqlite3.def >140630 12:19 PM 1,238,016 sqlite3.dll >140604 09:22 PM 547,840 sqlite3.exe >140604 09:21 PM 360,297 sqlite3.h >140604 09:21 PM 26,110 sqlite3ext.h >140710 02:40 PM 682 t.lis >140710 02:42 PM 885 test.c > 12 File(s) 7,796,558 bytes > 4 Dir(s) 27,661,144,064 bytes free > > > > >following the instructions here: >http://www.tutorialspoint.com/sqlite/sqlite_installation.htm > > >and then the sample project here: >http://www.tutorialspoint.com/sqlite/sqlite_c_cpp.htm > > >well I had all kinds of trouble getting through the linker, spend hours >searching the web and finally found the command: > > >dlltool -D sqlite3.dll -d sqlite3.def -l libsqlite3.a > > > >which seemed to make the library I needed which seems to be some big secret. > > >anyway here is the test.c program I tried to run: > > > > > > > > >//bof >#include <stdio.h> >#include "sqlite3.h" > > >/************************************************************\ >Now, let's compile and run above program to create our database >test.db in the current directory. You can change your path as >per your requirement. > > >$gcc test.c -l sqlite3 >$./a.out >Opened database successfully > > > > > > >doskey >\jon\bat\local >dlltool -D sqlite3.dll -d sqlite3.def -l libsqlite3.a >gcc test.c -L/sqlite -l sqlite3 >doskey/history > > >\************************************************************/ > > > > >int main(int argc, char* argv[]) >{ > sqlite3 *db; > char *zErrMsg = 0; > int rc; > > > rc = sqlite3_open("test.db", &db); > > > if( rc ){ > fprintf(stderr, "Can't open database: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db)); > return (0); > }else{ > fprintf(stderr, "Opened database successfully\n"); > } > sqlite3_close(db); >} //main >//eof > > > > >Now, when I run a.exe, it crashes with an "application was unable to start >correctly (0xc000007b)" error. > > >question 1) what am I doing wrong? > > >so I keep searching the web and I find: > > >http://www.sqlite.org/quickstart.html > > >and they show this really nice program: >01 #include <stdio.h> 02 #include <sqlite3.h> 03 04 static int callback(void *NotUsed, int argc, char **argv, char **azColName){ 05 int i; 06 for(i=0; i<argc; i++){ 07 printf("%s = %s\n", azColName[i], argv[i] ? argv[i] : "NULL"); 08 } 09 printf("\n"); 10 return 0; 11 } 12 13 int main(int argc, char **argv){ 14 sqlite3 *db; 15 char *zErrMsg = 0; 16 int rc; 17 18 if( argc!=3 ){ 19 fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s DATABASE SQL-STATEMENT\n", argv[0]); 20 return(1); 21 } 22 rc = sqlite3_open(argv[1], &db); 23 if( rc ){ 24 fprintf(stderr, "Can't open database: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db)); 25 sqlite3_close(db); 26 return(1); 27 } 28 rc = sqlite3_exec(db, argv[2], callback, 0, &zErrMsg); 29 if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){ 30 fprintf(stderr, "SQL error: %s\n", zErrMsg); 31 sqlite3_free(zErrMsg); 32 } 33 sqlite3_close(db); 34 return 0; 35 } > > >but don't follow through with how to compile and link it. > > >I tried: >C:\sqlite>gcc test02.c -otest02.exe -L/sqlite -l sqlite3 test02.c:2:23: fatal error: sqlite3.h: No such file or directory #include <sqlite3.h> ^ compilation terminated. C:\sqlite>winelvis test02.c C:\sqlite>gcc test02.c -otest02.exe -L/sqlite -l sqlite3 C:\sqlite>test02 C:\sqlite> > > > >but it crashed just like a.exe. >question 2) any help on getting this program to run? > > >TIA, > > >Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users