Nope, that is only useful when making a call from the device, not to the device.

When I want to call the device, I may want to check / run / process something first that requires a value based on the extension (but is not related in any way) (i.e. extension 706 may be [EMAIL PROTECTED])

Julian.

C F wrote:
you can use set-var in sip.conf to accomplish this same thing.

On 6/1/06, Julian Lyndon-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, I know. Just was hoping to have things the easy way for me. I also
want not to have a custom patched box as I know *one* day I'll screw up
and lose / forget the patch and wonder why things aint working.

Thanks anyway. I'll stop bitching now.

Julian.

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
>
>> Instead now I've got to make sure that the administrator is reminded to
>> manually update the astdb everytime an email address for the extension
>> changes or new phones / people are added or removed.
>
> As the notes in that original bug told you, there's lots of other ways
> to accomplish this using existing facilities. If your sip.conf is being
> generated from a database, then you can easily use a database lookup
> function directly from the dialplan to query that same database. It's
> possible to add and remove astdb entries via the manager interface, if
> you are using that.
>
> Certainly you are welcome to apply this relatively small patch to your
> own systems if you find it useful; that's one of the benefits of using
> an open source tool, you aren't forced to accept anyone else's idea of
> what is 'right' for you :-)
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