Errors compiling mex file with c++ and mysql in R2016b

I've been given some Matlab code for R2016b and a .cpp file to go with it, and I'm trying to compile it on Windows10 with the MinGW64 C++ compiler. My mex command is:

 mex('<my script>', '-v', ['-I' inclib], ['-L' linklib], '-lmysqlclient')

Where inclib='C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\include' and linklib='C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\lib'

This starts of with a bunch of warnings:

 Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file

followed by a huge dump of error messages:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\lib/mysqlclient.lib(C:/build/sb_1-3692420-1625128314.67/release/libmysql/clientlib_objlib.dir/RelWithDebInfo/client_plugin.obj):(.text$mn+0x175): undefined reference to __security_check_cookie' C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\lib/mysqlclient.lib(C:/build/sb_1-3692420-1625128314.67/release/libmysql/clientlib_objlib.dir/RelWithDebInfo/client_plugin.obj):(.text$mn+0x1cf): undefined reference to __security_check_cookie' C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\lib/mysqlclient.lib(C:/build/sb_1-3692420-1625128314.67/release/libmysql/clientlib_objlib.dir/RelWithDebInfo/client_plugin.obj):(.text$mn+0x3c2): undefined reference to __security_check_cookie' C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\lib/mysqlclient.lib(C:/build/sb_1-3692420-1625128314.67/release/libmysql/clientlib_objlib.dir/RelWithDebInfo/client_plugin.obj):(.xdata[$unwind$mysql_load_plugin_v]+0x14): undefined reference to __GSHandlerCheck' C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\lib/mysqlclient.lib(C:/build/sb_1-3692420-1625128314.67/release/libmysql/clientlib_objlib.dir/RelWithDebInfo/client_plugin.obj):(.xdata[$unwind$mysql_client_plugin_init]+0x8): undefined reference to __GSHandlerCheck'

And so on and so forth, with these errors being repeated over and over

Are there some libraries that I'm missings, or settings I need to change? I'm new to both Windows and C++, so I'm not really sure where to start.

Answer 1

[Swatantra Mahato]

Hi Marina,

From my understanding of the initial warning and the following error messages, this looks like an issue caused by using the "MinGW" compiler to compile files which require libraries from the "Microsoft Visual C++" compiler.

You may want to switch the C++ compiler to an appropriate version of MSVC for R2016b to link the required libraries correctly. You can find the list of supported compilers from the below link

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/previous-releases.html

Hope this helps