[odb-users] Question on Using ODB within a DLL

[Szumowski, Thomas]

I am interested in creating an DLL. Within that DLL I'd like to create a database and make ODB transactions. I have code that operates perfectly when it is an executable, but when I turn it into a DLL and call from an external program, I get ODB related errors.

Specifically,

The dialog error indicates a null pointer:
Unhandled exception at 0x0039fa4a (odb-d-1.4-vc10.dll) in dbtest.exe
0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.

When I trace through the code, the error occurs during the create_database call (where argc and argv are valid and passed through to the DLL as function prototypes):
                auto_ptr<database> db (create_database(argc, argv));

And the null pointer exception occurs in the return line of transaction::current() in transaction.cxx:
  bool transaction::
  has_current ()
  {
    return tls_get (current_transaction) != 0;
  }

First, is it possible to access the ODB library from a developed DLL?
Second, if so, are there specifics in the setup, or any suggestions as to why this null pointer exception may be occurring in a DLL but not as an EXE?

Thank you again.