[Libpqxx-general] what's wrong with my basic program?

[Roland Bock]

Caleb Cushing wrote:
> #include <iostream>
> #include <pqxx/pqxx>
> 
> using namespace std;
> using namespace pqxx;
> 
> int main()
> {
>     try {
>         connection Conn("user=xenoterracide dbname=xenoterracide");
>         cout << "Connected to " << Conn.dbname() << endl;
>     }
>     catch (const exception &e) {
>         cerr << e.what() << endl;
>         return 1;
>     }
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> it fails to link and I'm not sure why. I'm running archlinux
> 
> /tmp/cclde6TU.o: In function `main':
> dbtest.cpp:(.text+0x2d): undefined reference to
> `pqxx::connection_base::dbname()'

I guess you have not told the linker (or buildsystem) to use libpqxx? 
Something like -lpqxx should help on the commandline.

Regards,

Roland