db-lab1/BUILD-Windows.md

Build (Windows)

To build the dependencies & the project itself, The following must be installed:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 (VS2019)
• CMake

Dependencies

For each dependency, CMD is assumed to be in the directory of dependencies. So, the first command is always changing into the directory which contains the dependency.

NOTE: If you want to compile Libpqxx or install PostgreSQL locally, your OS username should NOT contain non-ASCII characters (e.g. Chinese characters). A workaround is to create a new administrator account whose username consists of only ASCII characters.

Boost

CMD:

cd boost
bootstrap
b2

Crypto++

1. Go to cryptopp.
2. Use VS2019 to open cryptest.sln.
3. For Debug x64 configuration, open Properties of cryptlib project. In C/C++ Code Generation, set Runtime Library to Multithreading Debug DLL (/MDd).
4. For Release x64 configuration, open Properties of cryptlib project. In C/C++ Code Generation, set Runtime Library to Multithreading DLL (/MD).
5. Batch Build Debug AND Release x64 of cryptlib.

PostgreSQL 14.0

The database may not be installed locally. You should be able to connect to it.

1. Use this link to download the binaries.
2. Unzip the zip archive here. It should be named pgsql and contains bin, include and lib.

Libpqxx

1. Go to libpqxx.
2. Use cmake-gui:
   • Browse Source... and Browse Build... to the root directory of libpqxx.
   • Add Entry: PostgreSQL_INCLUDE_DIR (PATH) = ../../pgsql/include
   • Add Entry: PostgreSQL_LIBRARY (FILEPATH) = ../../pgsql/lib/libpq
   • Configure: Use default settings (VS2019 x64).
   • Generate
3. Use VS2019 to open libpqxx.sln.
4. Batch Build Debug AND Release x64 of pqxx.

inja

Nothing should be done...

Sample Project: WebApp

Now we should go back to the root directory.

Use VS2019 to open WebApp.sln, which is a sample project. Remember to properly configure the database and config.json before you Run the project.

bserv and WebApp should be built in Debug or Release (x64), NOT (Win32/x86).