unable to install on windows - 'BigInt': is not a member of 'Napi'

• Windows 10 build 1903
• Nodejs v8.14.1
• node-gyp v5.0.3
• python 2.7

Following is the output from powershell:

PS E:\myprojectpath\> npm install odbc --save

> odbc@2.2.0 install E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc
> node-gyp configure build


E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" configure build )  else (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" configure build )
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
  odbc.cpp
  odbc_connection.cpp
  odbc_statement.cpp
  dynodbc.cpp
  win_delay_load_hook.cc
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(93): warning C4312: 'type cast': conversion from 'SQLUINTEGER' to 'SQLPOINTER' of greater size [E:\
git\sql-sync\node_modules\odbc\build\odbc.vcxproj]
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(355): error C2039: 'BigInt': is not a member of 'Napi' [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odb
c.vcxproj]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\node-addon-api\napi-inl.h(15): note: see declaration of 'Napi'
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(355): error C3083: 'BigInt': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [E:\myprojectpath\\node_
modules\odbc\build\odbc.vcxproj]
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(355): error C2039: 'New': is not a member of 'Napi' [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odbc.v
cxproj]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\node-addon-api\napi-inl.h(15): note: see declaration of 'Napi'
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(355): error C2664: 'Napi::Reference<Napi::Object> Napi::Reference<Napi::Object>::New(const T &,uint
32_t)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'Napi::Env' to 'const T &' [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odbc.vcxproj]
          with
          [
              T=Napi::Object
          ]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(355): note: Reason: cannot convert from 'Napi::Env' to 'const T'
          with
          [
              T=Napi::Object
          ]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(355): note: No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or th
  e operator cannot be called
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(861): error C2039: 'BigInt': is not a member of 'Napi' [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odb
c.vcxproj]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\node-addon-api\napi-inl.h(15): note: see declaration of 'Napi'
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(861): error C3083: 'BigInt': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [E:\myprojectpath\\node_
modules\odbc\build\odbc.vcxproj]
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(861): error C2039: 'New': is not a member of 'Napi' [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odbc.v
cxproj]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\node-addon-api\napi-inl.h(15): note: see declaration of 'Napi'
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(861): error C2664: 'Napi::Reference<Napi::Object> Napi::Reference<Napi::Object>::New(const T &,uint
32_t)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'Napi::Env' to 'const T &' [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odbc.vcxproj]
          with
          [
              T=Napi::Object
          ]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(861): note: Reason: cannot convert from 'Napi::Env' to 'const T'
          with
          [
              T=Napi::Object
          ]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc_connection.cpp(861): note: No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or th
  e operator cannot be called
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc.cpp(537): error C2039: 'IsBigInt': is not a member of 'Napi::Value' [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odbc.
vcxproj]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\node-addon-api\napi.h(190): note: see declaration of 'Napi::Value'
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc.cpp(541): error C2039: 'BigInt': is not a member of 'Napi' [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odbc.vcxproj]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\node-addon-api\napi-inl.h(15): note: see declaration of 'Napi'
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc.cpp(541): error C2065: 'BigInt': undeclared identifier [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\build\odbc.vcxproj]
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc.cpp(541): error C2672: 'Napi::Value::As': no matching overloaded function found [E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc
\build\odbc.vcxproj]
E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc\src\odbc.cpp(541): error C2974: 'Napi::Value::As': invalid template argument for 'T', type expected [E:\myprojectpath\\node_m
odules\odbc\build\odbc.vcxproj]
  E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\node-addon-api\napi.h(265): note: see declaration of 'Napi::Value::As'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `"` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:262:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:198:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "build"
gyp ERR! cwd E:\myprojectpath\\node_modules\odbc
gyp ERR! node -v v8.14.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN sql-sync@1.0.0 No description

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! odbc@2.2.0 install: `node-gyp configure build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the odbc@2.2.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-09-05T19_24_44_524Z-debug.log

[stephan-wolf-ais]

Hmm… I wonder if the defines in binding.gyp gets overwritten.

On line 45 of binding.gyp, can you change the line to:

'defines': [ 'NAPI_DISABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS', 'NAPI_EXPERIMENTAL' ]

And then in the package directory run node-gyp rebuild (I think npm install should work too) and see if it still fails?

#ifdef NAPI_EXPERIMENTAL was changed to #if (NAPI_VERSION > 2147483646) in napi.h of module node-addon-api

I think NAPI_VERSION should be set to -1 in defines, right?

[luisbraganca]

UPDATE: node-odbc@2.0.0-4 worked with Node.JS v8.X.X, so another workaround would be downgrading to 2.0.0-4