On 06/30/10 3:23 PM, Bidski wrote:
> Hi all,
> I downloaded the "one-click" installer for PostgreSQL 9.0 beta2 for
> Windows x64 (postgresql-9.0.0-beta2-windows-x64.exe) and installed it
> on my Windows 7 64 bit system. Installation seemed to go off without a
> hitch, but when I tried to link to libpq in my project I received the
> following error.
>
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\lib/libpq.dll: file not recognized:
> File format not recognized
>
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> I originally thought that this might have something to do with the use
> of different compilers/linkers (compiler/linker that I am using
> compared to the one used with to build libpq), but now Im not so sure.
>
> Some system info.....
>
> OS: Windows 7 64-bit
>
> MSYS ver: 1.0.14
>
> MinGW ver: 4.5.0
>
> Make ver: GNU make 3.81
>
> If it matters ..... My IDE is Eclipse Galileo and I am compiling my
> project using the MinGW toolchain.
>
>
wild guess says your project is 64 bit, but libpq.dll is 32 bit.