[Asterisk-Users] Dial Plan Sequencing

[Stephen R. Besch]

David Gomillion wrote:

>Hello.  I have never run into this problem.  What I would do is inserted
>below:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
>>admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Stephen R. Besch
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:06 AM
>>To: asterisk users list
>>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Dial Plan Sequencing
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>>I have an interesting dilemma with sequencing in the dialplan.  Up to
>>now, I have assumed that the extensions in the dial plan were tested
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>>the order that they appear in extensions.conf.  In other words, I have
>>the following fragment which was designed to dial toll free on the
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>PSTN
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>>and all other long distance on VoIP:
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>>[longdistance]
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>;> include => local
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>>                                        ;Handle local, etc first. (or
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>so
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>>I thought!)
>>exten => _91NXXNXXXXXX,1,Dial(${VPLSTRUNK}/${EXTEN:1})        ;Dial
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>long
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>>distance through VoiP
>>exten => _91NXXNXXXXXX,2,Congestion
>>              ;OOPS! No lines available?
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>[reallongdistance]
>include => local
>include => longdistance
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>>[local]
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>>exten => _91800NXXXXXX,1,Dial(${PSTNTRUNK}/${EXTEN}) ;     Long
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>distance
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>>toll free accessed through PSTN trunk interface
>>exten => _91800NXXXXXX,2,Congestion
>>exten => _91888NXXXXXX,1,Dial(${PSTNTRUNK}/${EXTEN})
>>exten => _91888NXXXXXX,2,Congestion
>>exten => _91877NXXXXXX,1,Dial(${PSTNTRUNK}/${EXTEN})
>>exten => _91877NXXXXXX,2,Congestion
>>exten => _91866NXXXXXX,1,Dial(${PSTNTRUNK}/${EXTEN})
>>exten => _91866NXXXXXX,2,Congestion
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>>; The rest of the local definitions, etc
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>>I expected that the "_918" definitions would be tested first, followed
>>by the "_91N" definitions.  Unfortunately, it appears as if the
>>definitions made using the "include=" operator are always tested last.
>>This means that the toll free numbers dialed by people in the
>>longdistance context are always routed over VoIP rather than PSTN
>>because they match the "_91N" pattern.  While I can fix this with a
>>complicated set of conditionals or dial string patterns, I wonder if
>>anyone has found a more elegant solution, remembering that I want to
>>give some extensions access to only the local context, but still
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>provide
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>>toll free service for everyone (i.e, I don't want to move the "_918"
>>definitions into the longdistance context).
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>>Stephen R. Besch
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>Whadda ya think?
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Worked like a charm!  Thanks

Stephen R. Besch