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I made the mistake of upgrading to MySQL Connector C++ 8.0 and Visual Studio 2017.
I have followed the examples and I'm getting the error:

error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class sql::mysql::MySQL_Driver * __cdecl sql::mysql::get_driver_instance(void)" (?get_driver_instance@mysql@sql@@YAPAVMySQL_Driver@12@XZ)

Here's the code:

#include "gtest/gtest.h"
#include <sstream>
#include "mysql_connection.h"
#include <jdbc/mysql_connection.h>
#include <jdbc/mysql_driver.h>

// For resultset and statements:
//#include <jdbc/cppconn/resultset.h>
//#include <jdbc/cppconn/statement.h>


TEST(MySQL, Connection)

 sql::Driver * driver = sql::mysql::get_driver_instance();
 ASSERT_NE(driver, nullptr);

This is a function in Google test.

I have rebuilt the Connector C++ in folder C:mysql_connector_build.
The Debug directory contains these files:

mysqlcppconn8.exp
mysqlcppconn8.lib
mysqlcppconn8-1-vs14.dll
mysqlcppconn8-1-vs14.ilk
mysqlcppconn8-1-vs14.pdb
try.exe
try.ilk
try.pdb

I have added the path "C:mysql_connector_buildDebug" to the Linker->General->Additional Library Directories.
I have added mysqlcppconn8.lib to the Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies.

I added "CPPCONN_PUBLIC_FUNC=" to the C++->Preprocessor->Preprocessor Definitions.

Searching the internet for the error shows resolutions for earlier versions of MySQL Connector C++ 8.0.

The code is adapted from the examples at Connector/C++ 8.0 legacy C++ API based on JDBC4

I build the Connector C++ 8.0 library according to Using Connector/C++ 8.0.

Note: searching the internet came up with the result that there isn't a compatible binary library for Visual Studio 2017 on Windows 10. The GA version of the connector library is for Visual Studio 2015.

The question is: How do I resolve the external symbol error?

Please don't refer me to What is an undefined reference/unresolved external symbol error and how do I fix it? as my issue is more at where this symbol is defined (in which library) and not how to link a library.