Hi Kanzelsberger, > I get it working by removing the last lines (complete INPUT) from link.res > and running ppas.bat, but can someone explain it? > > this is what I erased from link.res file: > > INPUT( > -lmysqlclient > -lm > -lc > -lc > ) Really works, that is, the program can connect to a mysql database and get data from it? []s, Fernando Lozano