Parse errors....

[kabir dot patel at uk dot andersen dot com]

I tried compiling my example c code using


gcc -I. -I/d5/OCS-12_5/include example1.c /d5/OCS-12_5/lib/libsybdb.a -lm -lnsl
-o example1

I get the following errors and do not even understand what they mean (what's a
parse error?)
Why doesn't it read the * correctly?

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

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In file included from example1.c:7:
sybdb.h:1089: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1093: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1097: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1104: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1107: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1116: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1122: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1125: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1131: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1137: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1140: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1145: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1148: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1151: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1151: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1153: `DBWAITFUNC' declared as function returning a function
sybdb.h:1155: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1194: parse error before "DB_ATTN_FUNC"
sybdb.h:1194: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
sybdb.h:1198: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1202: parse error before "serv_read_a"
sybdb.h:1202: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1204: parse error before "serv_writ"
sybdb.h:1204: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1208: parse error before "serv_clos"
sybdb.h:1208: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1216: parse error before '}' token
sybdb.h:1216: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1283: parse error before "DB_BINDPROC_FUNC"
sybdb.h:1283: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
sybdb.h:1290: parse error before '}' token
sybdb.h:1340: field `colbind' has incomplete type
sybdb.h:1408: variable or field `DBFAR' declared void
sybdb.h:1408: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
sybdb.h:1408: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1409: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1409: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1410: parse error before '}' token
sybdb.h:1410: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1457: field `altbind' has incomplete type
sybdb.h:1497: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
sybdb.h:1497: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1498: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1498: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1499: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1499: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1501: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1501: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1502: parse error before '}' token
sybdb.h:1775: parse error before "DB_HCONVERT_FUNC"
sybdb.h:1775: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
sybdb.h:1798: parse error before '}' token
sybdb.h:1798: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1823: parse error before "BCPHOSTDESC"
sybdb.h:1823: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
sybdb.h:1826: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1831: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:1831: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1877: parse error before '}' token
sybdb.h:1877: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:1985: parse error before "EVENTHANDLEFUNC"
sybdb.h:1985: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
sybdb.h:1989: parse error before '}' token
sybdb.h:1989: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2226: parse error before "DB_DBBUSY_FUNC"
sybdb.h:2226: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
sybdb.h:2229: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2232: parse error before "dbchkintr"
sybdb.h:2232: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2235: parse error before "dbhndlintr"
sybdb.h:2235: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2286: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2286: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2380: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2380: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2381: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2381: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2492: parse error before '}' token
sybdb.h:2753: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2762: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2773: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2778: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2783: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2788: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2794: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2797: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2800: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2803: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2806: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2809: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2812: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2815: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2818: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2821: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2824: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2827: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2829: `dbnumorders' redeclared as different kind of symbol
sybdb.h:2243: previous declaration of `dbnumorders'
sybdb.h:2830: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2833: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2836: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2839: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2841: `dbdead' redeclared as different kind of symbol
sybdb.h:2256: previous declaration of `dbdead'
sybdb.h:2842: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2845: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2848: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2851: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2870: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2870: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2874: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2875: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2875: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2879: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2880: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2880: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2883: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2884: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2884: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2886: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2887: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2887: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2890: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2891: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2891: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2893: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2894: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2894: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2897: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2898: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2898: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2901: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2902: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2902: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2904: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:2905: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2909: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2912: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2916: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2918: `dbhasretstat' redeclared as different kind of symbol
sybdb.h:2302: previous declaration of `dbhasretstat'
sybdb.h:2919: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2924: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2928: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2936: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2941: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2946: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2950: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2959: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2969: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2974: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2978: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2984: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2988: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2991: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2993: `dbspid' redeclared as different kind of symbol
sybdb.h:2278: previous declaration of `dbspid'
sybdb.h:2994: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:2997: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3000: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3000: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3003: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3004: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3004: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3006: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3007: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3007: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3010: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3011: parse error before "dberrhandle"
sybdb.h:3011: parse error before "handler"
sybdb.h:3013: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3014: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3016: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3017: parse error before "dbmsghandle"
sybdb.h:3017: parse error before "handler"
sybdb.h:3019: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3020: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3028: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3037: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3043: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3050: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3058: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3069: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3080: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3085: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3089: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3096: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3105: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3108: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3116: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3121: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3126: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3130: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3136: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3141: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3147: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3152: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3156: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3163: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3170: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3176: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3181: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3187: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3192: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3198: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3204: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3208: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3214: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3219: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3223: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3229: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3235: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3239: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3245: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3249: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3253: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3258: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3264: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3270: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3276: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3282: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3286: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3291: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3294: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3299: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3303: `dbnullbind' redeclared as different kind of symbol
sybdb.h:2241: previous declaration of `dbnullbind'
sybdb.h:3314: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3320: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3334: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3337: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3341: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3346: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3350: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3356: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3361: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3364: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3369: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3376: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3382: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3385: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3396: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3401: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3410: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3413: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3419: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3431: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3435: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3442: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3445: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3448: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3461: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3467: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3473: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3481: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3488: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3493: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3498: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3504: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3515: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3526: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3529: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3535: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3542: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3547: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3551: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3558: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3568: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3572: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3583: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3588: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3592: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3592: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3599: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3600: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3600: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3602: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3603: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3603: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3605: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3606: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3606: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3609: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3610: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3610: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3613: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3614: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3614: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3617: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3618: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3618: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3622: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3623: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3623: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3626: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3627: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3627: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3629: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3630: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3630: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3632: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3633: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3633: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3638: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3639: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3639: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3641: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3642: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3644: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3645: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3645: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3649: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3650: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3650: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3653: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3654: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3654: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3656: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3657: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3657: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3660: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3661: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3661: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3665: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3666: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3668: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3669: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3674: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3679: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3684: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3689: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3691: `dbbufsize' redeclared as different kind of symbol
sybdb.h:2238: previous declaration of `dbbufsize'
sybdb.h:3692: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3696: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3700: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3705: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3710: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3716: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3721: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3729: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3734: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3737: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3742: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3747: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3751: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3754: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3757: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3760: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3764: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3770: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3778: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3781: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3789: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3792: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3795: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3806: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3809: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3813: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3820: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3823: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3826: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3836: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3839: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3842: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3845: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3848: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3852: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3856: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3859: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3864: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3868: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3880: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:3880: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3886: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:3887: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3891: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3894: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3897: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3900: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:3903: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3913: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3923: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3934: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3939: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3944: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3948: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3953: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3957: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3964: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3969: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3975: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3979: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3982: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3987: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:3991: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:3994: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:4002: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:4007: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:4011: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:4016: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:4020: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:4028: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:4032: parse error before "DBFAR"
sybdb.h:4038: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4038: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4041: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
sybdb.h:4042: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4045: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4051: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4057: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4061: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4065: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4070: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4074: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4078: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4084: parse error before '*' token
sybdb.h:4087: parse error before '*' token
example1.c: In function `main':
example1.c:35: `EHANDLEFUNC' undeclared (first use in this function)
example1.c:35: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
example1.c:35: for each function it appears in.)
example1.c:35: parse error before "err_handler"
example1.c:36: `MHANDLEFUNC' undeclared (first use in this function)
example1.c:36: parse error before "msg_handler"
example1.c:38: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
example1.c:43: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
example1.c:60: parse error before "DBFAR"
example1.c:62: parse error before "DBFAR"
example1.c:65: parse error before "DBFAR"
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `example1'



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