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MS-Windows Troubleshooting
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _SQLInstallerErrorW@20 or _SQLConfigDataSourceW@16
Symptom:
Microsoft Visual C++ generates the link error:
some.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _SQLInstallerErrorW@20
or
some.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _SQLConfigDataSourceW@16
Cause:
The application is making use of an ODBC API call, but the necessary library has not been linked in.
Remedy:
Under the project settings, under the ‘Link’ tab, category ‘General’,
add ‘odbccp32.lib’ under
‘Object/library modules’.
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