Re: Building extensions on Windows using VS2008

[deepak <deepak.pn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the information..

However, I'm still unable to figure how to do a clean build of extensions on Windows using VS 2008.

To start with, the main contrib module doesn't seem to have a nmake-compatible Makefile, and
I don't seem to find any project under 'contrib' which has a Windows-compatible build..

From the earlier command line I had posted, it appears that there's a conflict between 'errcode'
defined in VS (crtdefs.h) and the one that PostgreSQL brings (utils/elog.h).

Specifically, here is the error:
\pgsql\include\server\utils/elog.h(118) : error C2365: 'errcode' : redefinition; previous definition was 'typedef'
        C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
 - ENU\VC\INCLUDE\crtdefs.h(548) : see declaration of 'errcode'


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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 15/02/11 06:28, deepak wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I was trying to build PostgreSQL 9.0.1 using VS2008.  I am having
> problems building the C extensions.  I could build the main package, though.

The easiest way to do it on Windows is to make a new `contrib' module
and compile as part of the main build. Just copy the structure of an
existing contrib module to get the idea.

I don't know if pgxs works on Windows, having never tried it. If it
does, that's another alternative.

> Here is the CL command line I'm using to compile:
> cl /I \pgsql\include\server /I \pgsql\include\server\port\win32 /LD
> \pgsql\lib\postgres.lib <c-filename>

You're missing critical macro definitions, among other things. Don't try
to just invoke the compiler directly, use the build system to do it.

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