Re: Visual C++ dll version conflict

On 26 Apr 2006 02:37:11 -0700, "Colander" <colander_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Recently I got Visual Studio version 2005 on my work, Jolly, new
>goodies are allways fun. The fun stopped when I discovered that the
>occi libary that I use had an DLL that is compiled with an older
>version, and guess what. All the std::string objects that I recieve
>from the SQL query I do are allocated with the memory layout from an
>older version from Visual studio and that screws up my use of them (Or
>I have to choose memory leaks).
>
>Does anyone know of this problem? Or even better has somebody an
>solution for it?
>
>Thanks,
>Bas

It is called 'feature' and it is specific to Mickeysoft. They always ship completely new DLLs with any version of any product. And no, Mickeysoft Windoze has never been 100 percent downwards compatible.

You should be barking at the door of Mordor, instead here.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA