Windows C and C++ application compile and link options

The compile and link options for building C and C++ embedded SQL and Db2® API applications on Windows with the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler are available in the bldapp.bat batch file.

Compile and link options for bldapp

Compile options:

%BLDCOMP%: Variable for the compiler. The default is cl, the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. It can be also set to icl, the Intel C++ Compiler for 32-bit and 64-bit applications, or ecl, the Intel C++ Compiler for Itanium 64-bit applications.
-Zi: Enable debugging information
-Od: Disable optimizations. It is easier to use a debugger with optimization off.
-c: Perform compile only; no link. The batch file has separate compile and link steps.
-W2: Output warning, error, and severe and unrecoverable error messages.
-DWIN32: Compiler option necessary for Windows operating systems.

Link options:

link: Use the linker to link.
-debug: Include debugging information.
-out:%1.exe: Specify a filename
%1.obj: Include the object file
utilemb.obj: If an embedded SQL program, include the embedded SQL utility object file for error checking.
utilapi.obj: If not an embedded SQL program, include the Db2 API utility object file for error checking.
db2api.lib: Link with the Db2 library.