[asterisk-users] AstDB wildcards

[Michiel van Baak]

Hi,

On 12:09, Wed 27 May 09, Geoff Lane wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I need to use partial matches on the CIDNAME family I have stored in
> AstDB. For example, an organisation might have several numbers with
> the same area code and the same first few digits:
> 
>   1234 567890
>   1234 567889
>   1234 567824
>   ...
> 
> I'd like to store these (e.g.) as CIDNAME/12345678* (where "*" is a
> wildcard) so that I can retrieve the organisation name from
> extensions.conf with:
>     Set(CALLERID(name)=${DB(cidname/${CALLERID(num)})})
> 
> Does AstDB support this (I'm using Asterisk 1.4.22.1)?

Nope.

> 
> I know that I can create a function to iterate backwards through the
> number until a partial match is met, but I'd rather use built-in
> functionality should it exist.

It's your only option.


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