Can't compile XS module on windows

Dear dbd-pg staff

Is there some standard way how to compile this module: DBD-Pg-2.8.5 or so  with Postgres 8.3 installed on Windows XP service pack 3
with standard ActiveState perl 5.8.8 installation and Microsoft Visual C ++ 6.0 compiler ?

In ActiveState repository , there's no precompiled version ( for versions 2 and higher )
and i am not able to compile your Pg module ( from version 2.5 up to 2.8.5 ) at all .
Other XS modules get fairly well compiled with ActiveState and Visual c ++ but that one doesn't succede to compile for more than half a year of your latest versions
of DBD-Pg , yet this module should be very welcome and better than DBD-ODBC i am using.

Your hints to compile Postgres and perl from source is not a good idea here since we have to use standard distributions of database and ActiveState perl compiler.

Although your Make file reports "looks good ..." , your source crashes to compile.

Report:


Microsoft Windows XP [Verze 5.1.2600]

C:\TMP\DBD-Pg-2.8.5>set POSTGRES_LIB=C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\lib

C:\TMP\DBD-Pg-2.8.5>set POSTGRES_INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\include

C:\TMP\DBD-Pg-2.8.5>perl Makefile.PL
Configuring DBD::Pg 2.8.5
PostgreSQL version: 80300 (default port: 5432)
POSTGRES_HOME: (not set)
POSTGRES_INCLUDE: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\include
POSTGRES_LIB: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\lib
OS: MSWin32
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Could not eval '
            package ExtUtils::MakeMaker::_version;
            no strict;

            local $VERSION;
            $VERSION=undef; do {
                        use version; our $VERSION = qv('2.8.5');
            }; $VERSION
        ' in Pg.pm: Undefined subroutine &ExtUtils::MakeMaker::_version::qv called at (eval 11) line
 7, <FH> line 20.
WARNING: Setting VERSION via file 'Pg.pm' failed
 at C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 501
Using DBI 1.58 (for perl 5.008008 on MSWin32-x86-multi-thread) installed in C:/Perl/lib/auto/DBI/
Writing Makefile for DBD::Pg

C:\TMP\DBD-Pg-2.8.5>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

cp lib/Bundle/DBD/Pg.pm blib\lib\Bundle\DBD\Pg.pm
cp Pg.pm blib\lib\DBD\Pg.pm
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -p -e "s/~DRIVER~/Pg/g; s/^do\(/dontdo\(/" C:\Perl\lib\auto\DBI\Driver.
xst > Pg.xsi
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp  -typemap C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap  Pg.
xs > Pg.xsc && C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e mv Pg.xsc Pg.c
        cl -c  -I"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\include" -IC:\Perl\lib\auto\DBI  -nologo -GF -W3 -
MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOM
IZE -DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_REA
DFIX -DPGLIBVERSION=80300 -DPGDEFPORT=5432 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1    -DVERSION=\"undef\"  -DXS_VERSION
=\"undef\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   Pg.c
Pg.c
        cl -c  -I"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\include" -IC:\Perl\lib\auto\DBI  -nologo -GF -W3 -
MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOM
IZE -DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_REA
DFIX -DPGLIBVERSION=80300 -DPGDEFPORT=5432 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1    -DVERSION=\"undef\"  -DXS_VERSION
=\"undef\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   dbdimp.c
dbdimp.c
dbdimp.c(295) : error C2275: 'imp_dbh_t' : illegal use of this type as an expression
        C:\Perl\lib\auto\DBI\DBIXS.h(75) : see declaration of 'imp_dbh_t'
dbdimp.c(295) : error C2065: 'imp_dbh' : undeclared identifier
dbdimp.c(299) : error C2223: left of '->com' must point to struct/union
dbdimp.c(300) : error C2223: left of '->com' must point to struct/union
dbdimp.c(302) : error C2223: left of '->com' must point to struct/union
dbdimp.c(302) : error C2223: left of '->com' must point to struct/union
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

C:\TMP\DBD-Pg-2.8.5>


Could you please look at this and tell me if it is possible to compile your module ?


Thanks in advance