[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0015450]: [patch] If function MEETME_INFO() is run on a conference with no participants, return is not numeric

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15450 
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Reported By:                JimVanM
Assigned To:                dbrooks
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   15450
Category:                   Functions/General
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
Asterisk Version:           1.6.1.1 
Regression:                 No 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-07-05 19:39 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-07-15 12:16 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] If function MEETME_INFO() is run on a
conference with no participants, return is not numeric
Description: 
-- Executing [s at your_conference:3] Set("IAX2/6477236631-6754",
"ANYBODYTHERE=(Error: conference (550001) not found") in new stack

I only tested with keyword 'parties'.



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 (0107797) JimVanM (reporter) - 2009-07-15 12:16
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15450#c107797 
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Understood, but given that the reason people are using this function has to
do with conferences as entities in the dialplan, and not with whether the
relevant conference is in memory, I would think a simple solution would be
that if the conference does not exist, then the return would be '0' in all
cases except perhaps 'dynamic', where the return could be perhaps '-1' when
the conference does not exist. Returning an error doesn't make sense
because it is normal to not have a conference exist if there are no
participants. There's nothing wrong, but the function needs to provide a
useful response to the request.