'int8_t' : redefinition error in config.h when trying to connect mysql cpp connector to visual studio 2010

Question

This is the full error report that is generated when tried to compile my file using visual studio. The compiled file is a sample code that was found in the net. It used very

Answer 1

It looks like you should be able to work around this problem by setting the following macro definition in your project settings:

HAVE_INT8_T=1

or by /DHAVE_INT8_T=1 if you're using the command line.

Actually, you should probably set the following macro definitions in the project instead:

HAVE_STDINT_H=1
CPPCONN_DONT_TYPEDEF_MS_TYPES_TO_C99_TYPES=1

This should make the MySQL connector headers rely only on stdint.h for the C99 integer typenames instead of trying to define any of them on its own.