Re: Static Class Member Objects
Jonathan wrote:
Hi,
In my class I want to have a static member variable of another class (aka
object). I have a database class that I want to be static like this:
class MyDBClass
{
public:
static Database myDB;
};
The program will compile, but it complains about an unresolved external
linking error with MyDBClass::myDB. The interesting part is that this will
work:
class MyDBClass
{
public:
//float instead of object
static float myfloat;
};
and this will work:
class MyDBClass
{
public:
//no static
Database myDB;
};
Do I have to do anything special when I want an object to be static? I don't
understand why I get a linking error. My database class uses ADO by means of
#importing MSADO15.DLL. It is a custom made class and I have verified that it
works.
Any ideas of anything to try? Is there a better way to enure that there is
just 1 DB connection? Thanks for the help.
Jonathan:
For any kind of static member variable you must define it in the
implementation file:
//MyDBClass.cpp
float MyDBClass::myfloat /* = value*/;
Database MyDBClass::myDB(/*args*/);
Without these you will get linker errors. I don't see how the float case
could have worked for you.
David Wilkinson
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...
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