[ARROW-16128] [C++][Docs][FlightRPC] Fix Flight SQL static build on windows

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.0.0
• Component/s: C++, FlightRPC
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Environment: Windows x64 static linking
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/31537
• Assignee: Alexander McRae
• Reporter: Alexander McRae
• Created: 05/Apr/22 16:39
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:42
• Resolved: 07/Apr/22 18:55

Description

Some of the c++ code is non std in the flightsql project and does not build with msvc.

There is also undocumented definitions which need to be set during complication when using static builds with flight on windows.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12789