connect QT 5.3 and postgresql - database

Question

I'm a newbie in Qt (although I have some experience with C/C++/Java/PHP). I'm trying to migrate my older program that use PostgreSQL database into Qt GUI. I'm using PostgreSQL v2 and have downloaded the recent QT 5.3.0 (for MinGW 32-bit).
I created an example widget application, called Anu. The Anu.pro file looks like this :
QT += sql
QT += core gui
greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
TARGET = Anu
TEMPLATE = app
SOURCES += main.cpp\
mainwindow.cpp
HEADERS += mainwindow.h
FORMS += mainwindow.ui
And the mainwindow.cpp looks like this :
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include <QSqlDatabase>
#include <QtSql>
#include <QMessageBox>
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
}
MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QPSQL");
db.setHostName("localhost");
db.setDatabaseName("basicaccount");
db.setUserName("postgres");
db.setPassword("root");
db.setPort(5435);
bool ok = db.open();
if(ok != true)
{
QMessageBox::information(this,"Connection","Connection Failed!") ;
}
else
{
QMessageBox::information(this,"Connection","Connection OK!") ;
QSqlQueryModel model;
model.setQuery("select * from invoice ");
//ui->tableView->setModel(&model);
QMessageBox::information(this,"Information","This Message box is needed in order to see the rendered tableview!") ;
}
}
The error in compile shows QSqlDatabase: QPSQL driver not loaded
QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QSQLITE QMYSQL QMYSQL3 QODBC QODBC3 QPSQL QPSQL7. I tried to build the plugin using the information here : http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/sql-driver.html. I opened the command prompt for Qt and put this :
cd E:\Qt\Qt5.3.0\5.3\mingw482_32\plugins\sqldrivers\psql
qmake "INCLUDEPATH+=E:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2\include" "LIBS+=E:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2\lib\libpq.lib" psql.pro
nmake
The problem is, I can't find the src folder or psql on folder sqldrivers. I've only found qsqlpsql.dll on that folder, and everytime I used it it says directory can't be found. Also, what's 'psql.pro' mean?
Thanks a lot for any help.

Answer 1

The most easy way, you need the following;
Depending on your application, 64 or 32 bit
If postgresql is 64 or 32 bit it doesn't matter, as the mingw is configured for 32 bit applications.
You need the 32 bit dlls,
If your version of postgre is 32 bit, then copy following dll's from your postgresql installations bin folder libeay32.dll, libintl.dll, libpq.dll, and ssleay32.dll, to your qt version mingw bin folder, now your program should work
If postgresql is 64 bit, the the included dll's doesn't work out of the box these are 64 bit !
You can still use 64 bit postgresql DB, no problem but you need the 32 bits dll's for your application.
There are more sophisticated ways to do this but to kick start your application this is considered the fastest.