thanks Billy. I replaced
print "STREAM FILE $filename \"\"\n";
with
print "EXEC PLAYBACK $filename \n";
and it worked fine. Interestingly when I did
print "STREAM FILE beep \"\"\n";
within the script, it worked.
If I wasnt a newbie to asterisk I wouldve thought this to be strange.
>From: "William Piper" <billy@kersting.com>
>Reply-To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
>Discussion<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
>To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
>Discussion'"<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] AGI MySql
>Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 11:06:11 -0400
>
>Why not do:
>exten => s,1,AGI(xyz.agi|${MACRO_EXTEN})
>
>bp
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Akpome
>Akpoguma
>Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:55 AM
>To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] AGI MySql
>
>
>I have been able to figure out the first part of my problem.
>
>I wrote my scripts based on wrong assumptions. one of which was that the
>line
>
>exten => s,1,AGI(xyz.agi)
>
>sends an undefined extension value to the script. This is definitely wrong.
>This line actually sends an extension value of "s". Therefore
>AGI{extension}
>
>in my script can never be undefined as long as the script is being called
>from a dialplan.
>
>This leaves me with the second problem.
>
>thanks for this trouble
>
>
>
> >From: "Akpome Akpoguma" <akpome_a@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
> >Discussion<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
> >To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> >Subject: [Asterisk-Users] AGI MySql
> >Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 07:58:40 +0000
> >
> >
> >The following is my AGI script done in perl
> >
> >#!/usr/bin/perl
> >
> >use strict;
> >use DBI;
> >
> >$|=1;
> >
> >my %AGI;
> >
> >while(<STDIN>) {
> >
> > chop;
> > last unless length($_);
> > if (/^agi_(\w+)\:\s+(.*)$/) {
> > $AGI{$1} = $2;
> > }
> > }
> >
> >my $ext = $AGI{extension};
> >
> >if (!($ext)) { $ext = 10; }
> >
> >my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:mysql:voiceDb', 'test',
'test',
>{PrintError=>0,
>
> >RaiseError=>1});
> >my $sql = "select filename from contentTable where
ext='$ext'" or die
> >$dbh->errstr;
> >my $filename = $dbh->selectrow_array($sql);
> >$dbh->disconnect;
> >
> >$filename =~ s/\.wav//i;
> >print "STREAM FILE $filename \"\"\n";
> >
> >exit;
> >
> >The return value of $filename from the database is supposed to be
> >/var/sounds/scoobie.wav.
> >
> >There are 2 Problems
> >
> >1. When I execute this script manually it works well but when I call
this
> >script from dialplan I get no return value.
> >2. I did print "STREAM FILE /var/sounds/scoobie
\"\"\n" and the phone was
> >as silent even though I see no error on the console.
> >
> >Am clueless as to how to fix this. I need someone's
> >assistance.......resposes would be appreciated.
> >
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