----- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 10:57 -0500, John Lange wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 10:31 -0500, Steven Critchfield wrote: > > > > Already the existing system has some limitations; for example it > can not > > > > match a variable number of digits. I had a friend who was trying > to > > > > implement an ISDN lookup for library books (ISDNs are variable > length) > > > > but had problems because of the limitations on the matching. > > > > > > I think you meant ISBN. And variable number of digits is > supported. You > > > just need to know how to determine when it is shorter or longer > and > > > write your dialplan as such. > > > > LOL, ya, ISBN. Apparently I've exceeded the maximum acronym storage > > limit of my brain. > > > > > Think about it, in dialplans, most people have short internal > extensions > > > that can be dialed, and longer PSTN local and even longer PSTN LD > > > numbers that can all be handled just fine. > > > > I'll ask for the specific example. I think it had to do with > terminating > > with a "#". So: > > > > exten => _X.#,1,.... > > > > Does not work. Everything after the "." is ignored and you are > forced to > > rely on the digit timeout for asterisk to start doing anything. This > is > > exceptionally annoying in this case because the timeouts are long > to > > allow people to enter a difficult number. > > That _may_ be considered a bug. I hadn't thought of useing the # > terminater in the dialplan. > > Of course it could have been implemented in a loop. loose idea below, > not sure it would work exactly as written. > > [isbn-input] > exten => s,1,Playback instructions. > exten => _X,1,do something to set/add this collected digit into a > var. > exten => _X,2,Goto(isbn-input,noop) > > exten => noop,1,noop() > > exten => #,1,validate the number > exten => #,2,goto(somewhere else) > > Defiantely jumping through a little hoop, but otherwise not bad. I > would > like to see the example you mentioned be able to work though. > > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
The problem with using # in a dialplan, is that many SIP (and probably other) devices silently eat #. # is often the "send the call with the previously dialed digits" button. -- Jason Parker Digium _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-dev mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev
