[Asterisk-Users] Dynamically setting up/tearing down extensions

[Martin Pycko]

One can use the retrieve_extensions_from_mysql.pl script and then issue a
"extensions reload" command to asterisk. The pending calls are unaffected
and the final substitution of the new dialplan is done in a very short
time.

regards
Martin

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Jeremy McNamara wrote:

>
> DynExtenDB is not even close to being the proper way to achieve dynamic
> extensions.
>
> Karl (klasstek) and myself (mainly Karl) has spent a few clock cycles
> figuring out how to make dynamic extensions happen, but we had no real
> motivation to finish the task.
>
> Find either one of us on IRC or search the mailing list archives.
>
>
>
> Jeremy McNamara
>
>
> Steven J. Sobol wrote:
>
> >Hello, * newbie here,
> >
> >I'm designing a setup that is to eventually be used in a production
> >virtual PBX/VoIP service.
> >
> >Customers need to be able to change their setups over the web - I want
> >them to be able to do simple things like setting up call forwarding, as
> >well as more intricate stuff that will require me to re-generate their
> >dialplans.
> >
> >Administration of the service is to be web-based.
> >
> >I'm looking at DynExtenDB (and have played with it). I love that it reads
> >the dialplans out of a MySQL database - that is a critical issue for me.
> >But it has some issues.
> >
> >I have a test dialplan with one call to Playback() - just plays a wav file
> >then exits. When DynExtenDB() is called, it adds one extra step that calls
> >DynExtenDB_Free()...
> >
> >--If I let the wav file play to the end, DynExtenDB_Free() is called
> >properly. If I hang up prematurely, it isn't, and it also isn't called if
> >I set the dialplan to dial out (for example, to forward the call to my
> >cell phone).
> >
> >--If DynExtenDB_Free() *is* called properly, and I then make another call,
> >DynExtenDB() doesn't seem to be called again.
> >
> >--I'm not sure that setting up a dialplan for extension 'h' is a good
> >idea. What if I call, and then someone else calls and I hang up in the
> >middle of the call?
> >
> >I am ready and willing to make changes to the source to DynExtenDB. In
> >fact, I'd like to get it to a point where it could be used in a production
> >environment. But I have a lot of questions before I can do that.
> >
> >BTW, I have looked in the archives, and it's been suggested that maybe AGI
> >is a better way to handle this sort of thing - but wouldn't the same
> >issues still exist??
> >
> >Thanks
> >   SJS
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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