C++ linking error Undefined symbols AIX 5.3 xlC bdb 4.7

Question

I am getting the following linking error while linking the MyCb example given in Berkley DB guide
xlC -bnoquiet -o /ra2/frt_bld/TMPBIN/BDBtest \
/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/DBAbs.o \
/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/MyDb.o \
/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/PPNum.o \
/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/PPNumStore.o \
/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/PPNumStoreDB.o \
/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/UTDbtest.o \
/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/UTPPNUm.o \
-lC_r ../../../ACE_wrappers/ace/libACE.so -ldb_cxx -L../../../db-4.7.25/build_unix -L/usr/local/ssl -L/../../../ACE_wrappers/ace -lcrypto -lpthread -lz -lm -o /ra2/frt_bld/TMPBIN/BDBtest
ld: 0711-318 ERROR: Undefined symbols were found.
The following symbols are in error:
Symbol Inpndx TY CL Source-File(Object-File) OR Import-File{Shared-object}
RLD: Address Section Rld-type Referencing Symbol
.Db::set_error_stream(std::basic_ostream<char,std::char_traits<char> >*) [1010] ER PR MyDb.cpp(/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/MyDb.o)
00003b50 .text R_RBR [148] .MyDb::MyDb(std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >&,std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >&)
.Db::open(DbTxn*,const char*,const char*,DBTYPE,unsigned int,int) [1012] ER PR MyDb.cpp(/ra2/frt_bld/TMPOBJ/MyDb.o)
00003b84 .text R_RBR [148] .MyDb::MyDb(std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >&,std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char> >&)
ER: The return code is 8.
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .Db::open(DbTxn*,const char*,const char*,DBTYPE,unsigned int,int)
// File: MyDb.cpp
#include "MyDb.h"
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
// Class constructor. Requires a path to the location
// where the database is located, and a database name
MyDb::MyDb(std::string &path, std::string &dbName)
: db_(NULL, 0), // Instantiate Db object
dbFileName_(path + dbName), // Database file name
cFlags_(DB_CREATE) // If the database doesn't yet exist,
// allow it to be created.
try
// Redirect debugging information to std::cerr
db_.set_error_stream( static_cast<std::ostream *>(&std::cerr) );
// Open the database
db_.open(NULL, dbFileName_.c_str(), NULL, DB_BTREE, cFlags_, 0);
// DbException is not a subclass of std::exception, so we
// need to catch them both.
catch(DbException &e)
std::cerr << "Error opening database: " << dbFileName_ << "\n";
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
catch(std::exception &e)
std::cerr << "Error opening database: " << dbFileName_ << "\n";
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
//And then we need the implementation for the close() method:
// Private member used to close a database. Called from the class
// destructor.
void
MyDb::close()
// Close the db
try
db_.close(0);
std::cout << "Database " << dbFileName_
<< " is closed." << std::endl;
catch(DbException &e)
std::cerr << "Error closing database: " << dbFileName_ << "\n";
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
catch(std::exception &e)
std::cerr << "Error closing database: " << dbFileName_ << "\n";
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
Thanks
Anand Rathi
Edited by: user10127683 on Jun 10, 2009 9:02 AM

Answer 1

Hi Anand,
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/build_unix/aix.html <-- check FAQ #4.
Please use a "-D_LARGE_FILES=1" when building BDB on AIX.
Let me know how it works.
Thanks,
Bogdan Coman