I'm newbie

Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:

Dears,
I'm writting a package which is pgsql-base under RH9.
I need to a small Makefile for compiling my package.
Please guide me....

Can you give more information about what you're trying to do?
Do you need general Makefile help, or are you having problems linking to
PostgreSQL libraries?

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

I know about Makefile,But i need to write a Makefile that i can
communicate with pgsql & its library & header file from C++.

Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:

I know about Makefile,But i need to write a Makefile that i can
communicate with pgsql & its library & header file from C++.

I'm afraid I still don't understand what you mean. If you are looking
for C++ libraries so you can access a PostgreSQL database, then you
probably want libpqxx:
http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/libpqxx/projdisplay.php
There's an older version at:
http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/libpqpp/projdisplay.php

There are two project sites for PostgreSQL, gborg is the older one,
pgfoundry the new one.
http://pgfoundry.org/

Does that help at all?

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

Dear Richard:
1.Thank you for reply
2.Dear Richard,I must write a Makefile for my client packge.But i don't
know on pgsql's library & path of its include-files.
Please guide me on writting a Makefile for a client packege with pgsql.
Yours,Mohsen

Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:

Dear Richard:
1.Thank you for reply
2.Dear Richard,I must write a Makefile for my client packge.But i don't
know on pgsql's library & path of its include-files.

Depends on how you installed PostgreSQL. If it's via RPM then you can
see what files are installed with "rpm -ql"
rpm -ql postgresql
rpm -ql postgresql-libs
If you installed via source, the files you want are probably somewhere
like /usr/local/pgsql/...

Please guide me on writting a Makefile for a client packege with pgsql.

Well, if you want a guide to developing software, you might start with:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html

Some questions for you:
1. Do you know how to write a Makefile for your C++ application without
PostgreSQL?
2. Are you linking to other databases at the moment?
3. Do you know how/where you installed PostgreSQL?
4. Have you read the documentation on libpq in the manuals?
5. Did you download/read and documentation from the libpqxx/pp links I
provided yesterday?

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:

Dear Richard:
1.Thank you for reply
2.Dear Richard,I must write a Makefile for my client packge.But i don't
know on pgsql's library & path of its include-files.

Depends on how you installed PostgreSQL. If it's via RPM then you can
see what files are installed with "rpm -ql"
rpm -ql postgresql
rpm -ql postgresql-libs
If you installed via source, the files you want are probably somewhere
like /usr/local/pgsql/...

Please guide me on writting a Makefile for a client packege with pgsql.

Well, if you want a guide to developing software, you might start with:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html

Some questions for you:
1. Do you know how to write a Makefile for your C++ application without
PostgreSQL?

Yes,I know.

2. Are you linking to other databases at the moment?

yes.

3. Do you know how/where you installed PostgreSQL?

I don't know,Becuase RH9 has it default.

4. Have you read the documentation on libpq in the manuals?

yes,But i haven't found any on Makefile.

5. Did you download/read and documentation from the libpqxx/pp links I
provided yesterday?

no,Because i think it no related to my topic.

Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:

2.Dear Richard,I must write a Makefile for my client packge.But i don't
know on pgsql's library & path of its include-files.

You can call pg_config in your makefile.
See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/app-pgconfig.html
or man pg_config

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Daniel
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