SQLite Forum: Using sqlite3_load

I compile your code thusly:

```
cl -nologo -W4 -DINCLUDE_MSVC_H=1   -DSQLITE_OS_WIN=1 -I. -I. -fp:precise -MT -DNDEBUG -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS -DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=1 -DSQLITE_THREAD_OVERRIDE_LOCK=-1 -DSQLITE_TEMP_STORE=1  -DSQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH=100 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS4=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_FOREIGN_KEYS=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_SESSION=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_GEOPOLY -DSQLITE_ENABLE_PREUPDATE_HOOK=1 -DSQLITE_INTROSPECTION_PRAGMAS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_EXPLAIN_COMMENTS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_STMTVTAB -DSQLITE_ENABLE_DBPAGE_VTAB -DSQLITE_ENABLE_DBSTAT_VTAB -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNKNOWN_SQL_FUNCTION -DSQLITE3_OMIT_WINDOWFUNC -O2  -DSQLITE_API=__declspec(dllimport) -LD sqliteFcts.c
```

Then I had the following session:

```
> sqlite3m
SQLite version 3.32.0 2020-02-18 19:49:48 (with modified shell)
Enter ".help [<command>]" for usage hints.
Connected to a transient in-memory database.
Use ".open FILENAME" to reopen on a persistent database.
sqlite> .load sqliteFcts sqlite3_sqliteFcts_init
sqlite> .q

> sqlite3m
SQLite version 3.32.0 2020-02-18 19:49:48 (with modified shell)
Enter ".help [<command>]" for usage hints.
Connected to a transient in-memory database.
Use ".open FILENAME" to reopen on a persistent database.
sqlite> .load sqliteFcts
Error: The specified procedure could not be found.

sqlite> .q

> notepad ..\sqliteFcts.c
```

After changing the entry point to 'sqlite3\_sqlitefcts\_init' (note case change), I compiled again, the same way, and had the following session:

```
> sqlite3m
SQLite version 3.32.0 2020-02-18 19:49:48 (with modified shell)
Enter ".help [<command>]" for usage hints.
Connected to a transient in-memory database.
Use ".open FILENAME" to reopen on a persistent database.
sqlite> .load sqliteFcts
sqlite> .q
```

I don't know what you are doing differently. As far as I can tell, if you build the DLL with the usual calling convention and export, it should work with the entry point renamed or with it explicitly specified to sqlite3\_load\_extension(). Perhaps you are not linking correctly to the sqlite3 API. See the last -D argument to CL.exe about that.