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programming:c:libpq [2018-02-07 22:52] – Add "Linking" section zlgprogramming:c:libpq [2018-07-03 01:00] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 +====== PostgreSQL with libpq ======
 +
 ''libpq'' is the frontend API for PostgreSQL, written in C. Upstream has fantastic [[https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/|documentation]], but the workflows aren't obvious unless you've used other database APIs like PHP's ''PDO'' class or the ''sqlite'' module in Python. This page will outline a few common tasks and how to do them. ''libpq'' is the frontend API for PostgreSQL, written in C. Upstream has fantastic [[https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/|documentation]], but the workflows aren't obvious unless you've used other database APIs like PHP's ''PDO'' class or the ''sqlite'' module in Python. This page will outline a few common tasks and how to do them.
  
 ===== Linking ===== ===== Linking =====
  
-The ''-lpq'' argument to your compiler should be enough.+The ''-lpq'' argument to your compiler should be enough. You should already have PostgreSQL server installed (and/or its headers) to link to the library correctly.
  
 ===== Basic Connection ===== ===== Basic Connection =====
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 int main(int argc, char **argv) { int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 +    // create what we need to connect: the db connection structure and its options
     PGconn *conn;     PGconn *conn;
     const char *dbopts;     const char *dbopts;
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