stupid errors

Ok, the first error line indicates that there is an ''='' sign somewhere and the code you are showing does not. Can you show us more code??

here is the entire function (which works perfectly from the last program):

void GetArtistFromFile( int iNumArtists , char sArtist [] )
{
	ifstream DataInFile;

	DataInFile.open( DBLOCATION, ios::nocreate );
	if ( DataInFile.fail() )
	{
		cout << "Fatal Error! Artists input file could not be opened." << endl;
		exit(0);
	}
	// file open ...


	while ( !DataInFile.eof() )
	{
		if ( iNumArtists == ARRAYSIZE )
		{
			cout << "Fatal Error! Maximum number of Artists exceeded." << endl;
			DataInFile.close();
			exit(0);
		}	
		
		DataInFile.getline ( sArtist, MAXLEN ); // file i/o to string
		if ( strcmp ( sArtist, "" ) == 0 )
		{
			continue; // blank entry
		}

		cout << sArtist << endl;

		iNumArtists++;
	}
	return;
}
 

Show us the line where DBLOCATION is #defined. I''m guessing you did it like this:

#define DBLOCATION="C:\\Path\\To\\DB";
 

If that''s the case, then that would be your problem. Change that line to:

#define DBLOCATION "C:\\Path\\To\\DB"
 

Note: without an equal sign, or semicolon.
If that wasn''t it, please show us the #define DBLOCATION line anyways, because I suspect that''s actually where your problem is.
Anonymous Poster could also be right about having missed a closing ) or } somewhere above too.

- dorix

yes! dorix you saved my life!

DAMN how couldnt i notice that?!?!

macro evil

use:
const std::string DBLOCATION = "C:\\Path\\To\\DB";

or:
const char* DBLOCATION = "C:\\Path\\To\\DB";