On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 08:16 +0200, Stephen Davies wrote: > On 01/11/06, John Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think Asterisk could stand to have a (much?) expanded set of internal > > variables accessible in the dialplan. > > > > Just one simple example would be the username of the calling party (when > > available). Doing dialplan logic based on callerid is sometimes very > > problematic. > > I agree with both your points. > > Nevertheless, it is easy to get channel variables set on the channel > for things like the username. > > For instance, the "setvar" option in a SIP peer/user/friend entry > allows you to pass on the peer that the call came from. (And/or, > "accountcode").
Would you mind expanding on that a little? Perhaps I'm missing something obvious? Please post an example if you can. John _______________________________________________ --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
