Re: [HACKERS] Re: WIN32 errno patch

"Magnus Naeslund(f)" wrote:
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> Ok, where's a "system dependent hack" :)
> It seems that win9x doesn't have the "netmsg.dll" so it defaults to "normal"
> FormatMessage.
> I wonder if one could load wsock32.dll or winsock.dll on those systems
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> Mikhail, could you please test this code on your nt4 system?
> Could someone else test this code on a win98/95 system?
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> It works on win2k over here.
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> (code attached)
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> Magnus

It works on win2k here too but not on win98/95 or winNT.
Anyway, attached is the patch which uses Magnus's my_sock_strerror
function (renamed to winsock_strerror). The only difference is that
I put the code to load and unload netmsg.dll in the libpqdll.c
(is this OK Magnus?).

Regards
Mikhail Terekhov