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authorTilghman Lesher <tilghman@meg.abyt.es>2006-08-03 19:05:06 +0000
committerTilghman Lesher <tilghman@meg.abyt.es>2006-08-03 19:05:06 +0000
commit0d902b3033e5f95c1f052122e8f1168f27bd4586 (patch)
treec0886206b4f672d9e5631887d8105648986981e1
parentfc3d27cf6fe27e5796b5def1932feb9932947244 (diff)
Update documentation on realtime; add a workaround for lack of realtime hints by using func_odbc
git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@38823 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
-rw-r--r--configs/func_odbc.conf.sample10
-rw-r--r--doc/realtime.txt11
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/configs/func_odbc.conf.sample b/configs/func_odbc.conf.sample
index c9f9d5d7f..be8ce4d03 100644
--- a/configs/func_odbc.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/func_odbc.conf.sample
@@ -39,3 +39,13 @@ write=UPDATE presence SET location='${SQL_ESC(${VAL1})}' WHERE id='${SQL_ESC(${A
; field may be separated into individual variables with ARRAY.
; This option turns that behavior off [default=yes].
+; ODBC_HINTS - Workaround for lack of realtime hints
+;
+; Use in extensions.conf as:
+; exten => _1XX,hint,${ODBC_HINTS(${EXTEN})}
+;
+; (assuming your extensions are 3 digits and all begin with the digit 1)
+[HINTS]
+dsn=mysql1
+read=SELECT channel FROM hints WHERE extension='${ARG1}'
+
diff --git a/doc/realtime.txt b/doc/realtime.txt
index 863302824..af592024a 100644
--- a/doc/realtime.txt
+++ b/doc/realtime.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Currently there are three realtime database drivers:
* ODBC: Support for UnixODBC, integrated into Asterisk
The UnixODBC subsystem supports many different databases,
please check www.unixodbc.org for more information.
-* MySQL: Found in the asterisk-addons subversion repository on cvs.digium.com
-
+* MySQL: Found in the asterisk-addons subversion repository on svn.digium.com
+* PostgreSQL: Native support for Postgres, integrated into Asterisk
* Two modes: Static and Realtime
--------------------------------
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ For voicemail storage with the support of ODBC, there is a
doc/odbcstorage.txt documentation file.
+* Limitations
+-------------
+Currently, realtime extensions do not support realtime hints. There is
+a workaround available by using func_odbc. See the sample func_odbc.conf
+for more information.
+
+
* FreeTDS supported with connection pooling
-------------------------------------------
In order to use a FreeTDS-based database with realtime, you need to turn