[asterisk-users] Setting outgoing callerid on when using a PRI

[Dave Fullerton]

Jason Parker wrote:
> Doug Lytle wrote:
>> Dave Fullerton wrote:
>>> Note "num" and not "number" I don't know if that was a change from 1.4
>>> to 1.6 or if Doug mistyped it.
>>>    
>> Not a mistype.  I've been using number all along, but looking at the 
>> docs shows that I've been incorrect.  It must concatenate the number 
>> down to num.  Looks like I've got a little modifying to do this evening:
>>
>>
>> core show function CALLERID
>> livonia*CLI>
>>    -= Info about function 'CALLERID' =-
>>
>> [Syntax]
>> CALLERID(datatype[,<optional-CID>])
>>
>> [Synopsis]
>> Gets or sets Caller*ID data on the channel.
>>
>> [Description]
>> Gets or sets Caller*ID data on the channel.  The allowable datatypes
>> are "all", "name", *num*, "ANI", "DNID", "RDNIS".
>> Uses channel callerid by default or optional callerid, if specified.
>>
>> Doug
>>
> 
> The documentation is correct, but the way the check really works, is that it
> reads the first 3 chars and matches it to "num".
> 
> This means that "num", "number", and "numnumnumIloveapplesauce" would all
> technically match.

lol. Love it. I want to use that in my dialplan just to make my 
successor go "WTF"?

-Dave