Asterisk cmd DBget

DBget

Synopsis

Retrieve a value from the database Please note currently deprecated in favor of DB.

Description

pre Release 1-2

DBget(varname=family/key)

Retrieves a value from the Asterisk database and stores it in the given variable.

Note: You can also use the Asterisk CLI console commands “database show”, “database get”, “database put”, “database del” and “database deltree” to access the Asterisk database. This can even be done through scripts using the “asterisk -rx <command>” method.

Return values

Always returns 0. If the requested key is not found, jumps to priority n+101 if available.

Release 1-2

DBGet(foo=family/key) (deprecated)
Set(foo=${DB(family/key)})

Release 1-4 and later

Set(foo=${DB(family/key)})

Examples

• Asterisk tips autoattendant
• Asterisk tips and tricks

See also

• Asterisk cmd DBput
• Asterisk cmd DBdel
• Asterisk cmd Set
• app_dbodbc: Using unixODBC within extensions.conf

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