Re: [gnome-db] libgnomedb: compiling and run-time issue.

[Bas Driessen <bas driessen xobas com>]

On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 17:49 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 13:59 +1000, Bas Driessen wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I just had a look at the latest libgnomedb. Looks fantastic!
> > Especially the "global" switch is very convenient.
> > 
> > When compiling (FC4/x86_64/gcc 4.0) , I get the following error:
> > 
> > gnome-db-qf-value.c:87: error: static declaration of
> > 'gnome_db_qf_value_restrict_with_field' follows non-static declaration
> > gnome-db-qf-value.h:87: error: previous declaration of
> > 'gnome_db_qf_value_restrict_with_field' was here
> > gnome-db-qf-value.c:88: error: static declaration of
> > 'gnome_db_qf_value_restrict_with_field_xml' follows non-static
> > declaration
> > gnome-db-qf-value.h:88: error: previous declaration of
> > 'gnome_db_qf_value_restrict_with_field_xml' was here
> > 
> > I can bypass this error by editing file libgnomedb/gnome-db-qf-value.h
> > and change the lines 87 + 88 :
> > 
> > gboolean          gnome_db_qf_value_restrict_with_field
> > (GnomeDbQfValue *field, GnomeDbQfield *provider, GError **error);
> > gboolean          gnome_db_qf_value_restrict_with_field_xml
> > (GnomeDbQfValue *field, const gchar *prov_xml_id, GError **error);
> > 
> > to:
> > 
> > static gboolean          gnome_db_qf_value_restrict_with_field
> > (GnomeDbQfValue *field, GnomeDbQfield *provider, GError **error);
> > static gboolean          gnome_db_qf_value_restrict_with_field_xml
> > (GnomeDbQfValue *field, const gchar *prov_xml_id, GError **error);
> > 
> > or comment them out altogether.
> > 
> > Since I am not familiar in this part of libgnomedb, I would appreciate
> > if somebody who is familiar with these functions/API what the best
> > approach is here.
> > 
> I think it's a mistake, and those functions should not be static, since
> they are declared in the header file. I've changed it in CVS to not be
> static at all. Let me know if that fixes it for you.
Thanks Rodrigo, that worked. It now compiles "out of the cvs-box" without making any modifications to the source/environment.


> > 
> > Further, when running the gnome-db-browser, I get the following error
> > when trying to get/update the meta data:
> > 
> > "Error updating Database metadata: Schema for list of fields is wrong"
> > 
> > on the command line it prints the error :
> > 
> > ** (gnome-db-browser:8166): CRITICAL **: gda_row_get_number: assertion
> > `row != NULL' failed
> > 
> > My question, is if this part of the gnome-db-browser is work in
> > progress, or should this work already?
> > 
> it works for me, for SQLite. Which provider are you using it with?
It fails for both MySQL as PostgreSQL provider.  Same error, same spot. 

Thanks,
Bas.