Impossible static linking of libode

Hi,
I have been trying to compile/linking statically the libode several
days and I don't guess it.
I compile/installed ode in my Ubuntu with the --enable-static option,
and I have 2 libode - libode.a and libode.so. It seems that the "gcc
doesn't see" the libode.a and then link with libode.so dynamically.

It is possible to link libode statically with my application? And how?

Thanks,
Ivan.