[asterisk-dev] To bweschke regarding app FollowMe

[Denis Galvão]

bweschke, is there any news about using astdb to store the numbers to  
be dialed?

This is related to this note on bug http://bugs.digium.com/ 
bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=5574:

(0035684)
shmaltz - reporter
11-02-05 15:01

Also thinking about it a bit more, it would be very usefull if the  
settings in followme.conf would allow for an entry that points to the  
astdb, something like this:
number => family/key
number => family/key
This will allow to use the dialplan to update the number values in  
followme.conf, like this:
exten => _*5X.,1,Set(DB(FM${EXTEN:2:1}/${CALLERIDNUM})=${EXTEN:3})
In which case users can call in *51 follwoed the number to follow,  
and the DP will add that to FM1, for the second number they would  
dial *52 and that would be added to FM2, and so on. In followme.conf  
you would then have:
number => FM1/8143
number => FM2/8143
and so on.
And if an entry in the astdb is empty app_followme will ignore it.
Maybe I'm pushing it, but this feature (since it can all be done in  
the dialplan without this app) might not have value if one can't use  
it because s/he can't have her/his users call in to change the number  
values in followme.conf. In which case it means not being able to use  
this.


Thanks.

Denis Galvão
AsteriskBrasil.org