[asterisk-users] Dispatching calls question

[Steve Edwards]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2014, Jerry Geis wrote:

> I have a question about dispatching calls...
> If I try to dispatch a call on line 1 using the AMI
> and I check in my table to see if line 1 is available and it is....
> So I have done my checking now I dispatch my call 
> and at that same time a call comes in on line 1 and now its no longer available 
> for me to make a call, I connect on AMI and my call fails....
> 
> How do I prevent this from happening? Sure I can start at 23 instead of 1 and work down
> instead of up  but eventually the same thing may happen.

If you're using something like MySQL, use 'get_lock/release_lock.'

If you're using some other database, see what locking features you have 
available.

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