diff --git a/src/db/dbChannelIO.cpp b/src/db/dbChannelIO.cpp
index cc722c317..d49c1a6f4 100644
--- a/src/db/dbChannelIO.cpp
+++ b/src/db/dbChannelIO.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "dbChannelIOIL.h"
 #include "dbNotifyBlockerIL.h"
 
+template class tsFreeList < dbChannelIO >;
+
 tsFreeList < dbChannelIO > dbChannelIO::freeList;
 epicsMutex dbChannelIO::freeListMutex;
 unsigned dbChannelIO::nextIdForIO;
diff --git a/src/db/dbPutNotifyBlocker.cpp b/src/db/dbPutNotifyBlocker.cpp
index bbc2de958..7458ccc4a 100644
--- a/src/db/dbPutNotifyBlocker.cpp
+++ b/src/db/dbPutNotifyBlocker.cpp
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
  *  Copyright, 1986, The Regents of the University of California.
  *                                  
  *           
- *	Author: 
+ *  Author: 
  *  Jeffrey O. Hill
- *	johill@lanl.gov
- *	505 665 1831
+ *  johill@lanl.gov
+ *  505 665 1831
  */
 
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 #define S_db_Blocked 	(M_dbAccess|39)
 #define S_db_Pending 	(M_dbAccess|37)
 
-tsFreeList < dbPutNotifyBlocker > dbPutNotifyBlocker::freeList;
+template class tsFreeList < dbPutNotifyBlocker, 1024, 0 >;
+
+tsFreeList < dbPutNotifyBlocker, 1024, 0 > dbPutNotifyBlocker::freeList;
 epicsMutex dbPutNotifyBlocker::freeListMutex;
 
 dbPutNotifyBlocker::dbPutNotifyBlocker ( dbChannelIO &chanIn ) :
diff --git a/src/db/dbServiceIO.cpp b/src/db/dbServiceIO.cpp
index 90c675368..3ef4ce678 100644
--- a/src/db/dbServiceIO.cpp
+++ b/src/db/dbServiceIO.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 #include "dbChannelIOIL.h"
 #include "dbNotifyBlockerIL.h"
 
+template class chronIntIdResTable < dbBaseIO >;
+template class tsSLNode < dbBaseIO >;
+template class resTable < dbBaseIO, chronIntId >;
+
 class dbServiceIOLoadTimeInit {
 public:
     dbServiceIOLoadTimeInit ();
@@ -95,7 +99,8 @@ void dbServiceIO::callReadNotify ( struct dbAddr &addr,
         return;
     }
 
-    if ( count > INT_MAX || count > addr.no_elements ) {
+    if ( count > static_cast<unsigned>(INT_MAX) || 
+		count > static_cast<unsigned>(addr.no_elements) ) {
         notify.exception ( ECA_BADCOUNT, 
             "element count out of range (high side)",
             type, count);
diff --git a/src/db/dbSubscriptionIO.cpp b/src/db/dbSubscriptionIO.cpp
index a002b85e4..fd39b0a1d 100644
--- a/src/db/dbSubscriptionIO.cpp
+++ b/src/db/dbSubscriptionIO.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "dbChannelIOIL.h"
 #include "db_access_routines.h"
 
+template class tsFreeList < dbSubscriptionIO >;
 tsFreeList < dbSubscriptionIO > dbSubscriptionIO::freeList;
 epicsMutex dbSubscriptionIO::freeListMutex;