Errors Using OCI For The First Time

I'm just starting out with the OCI files that came with Personal Oracle 7. Part of the problem is that there is no documentation.

I thought I would start out working with the examples, so I started out with winoci. The .exe works fine, connects to the database, and shuts down with no problems.

My next step was to compile from the source. I'm using Borland C++ 5.0. The code is a 'c' file, a few headers, and an 'rc' file. There is also a 'mak' file. I've done a fair amount of c++, but never used someone else's make file. How does that fit into the project? I also add the to libraries to the project. When the linker tries to open the libraries I get:

        Fatal: Bad object file '..\..\orawin95\oci72\ociw32.lib' near file offset 0

Plus I also get about 50 warnings like this:

        Warn :winoci.c(87,71):Mixing pointers to different 'char' types

I appreciate any help you can give me or point me to a documentation resource.

Thanks,
Greg in Cincinnati
teetshd_at_ucbeh.san.uc.edu Received on Fri Jan 16 1998 - 00:00:00 CST