Joey Morris wrote: > This is my first attempt at using libpq, and I'm running across a strange > problem. Here is my bare-bones program: > > #include <stdio.h> > #include "libpq-fe.h" > > int main(int argc, char **argv) { > PGconn *conn; > fprintf(stderr, "connecting\n"); > conn = PQconnectdb("dbname=postgres"); > PQfinish(conn); > return 0; > } > > I expected this program to print "connecting", but in fact I get no output > whatsoever. If I comment out the PQconnectdb and PQfinish lines, I see > "connecting" as expected. What could be going on here? I tried your program, and it compiles and runs on my MinGW installation and also writes the output to stderr. One silly question first: are you sure that you actually call your executable? You didn't name it "test.exe", did you? If you have problems printing to stderr, you could write to a log file: outf = fopen("logfile.txt", "a"); fprintf(outf, "whatever"); fclose(outf); or something like that. If that doesn't work, odds are good that your code is not executed at all. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general