Add DB_KEYS.

Discussion on #asterisk on 2011-01-19:
(02:07:03 PM) boch: i wonder how to cycle all entries in a tree
(02:07:11 PM) leifmadsen: use While()
(02:07:17 PM) leifmadsen: you need to know the tree structure already though
(02:07:36 PM) boch: what you mean?
(02:09:02 PM) leifmadsen: you need to know the structure prior to looping, because you can't just return the structure from the dialplan
(02:09:43 PM) leifmadsen: the only way I can think of doing that is via something like writing the output of:  asterisk -rx "database show" to a file, then looping through that to know the structure of the database and check everything
(02:09:59 PM) leifmadsen: but at that point you're better off just using either a relational database or an external script
(02:10:13 PM) boch: for example i need to know all entries in the tree
(02:10:15 PM) boch: got it
(02:10:20 PM) leifmadsen: exactly
(02:10:22 PM) leifmadsen: that's the problem
(02:10:22 PM) boch: thank you
(02:13:09 PM) mateu: yeah, i'm surprised there isn't something from the dialplan like 'database show family' so one can get all keys in a family to loop over.
(02:15:35 PM) leifmadsen: database shows everything
(02:16:22 PM) mateu: i mean something from the dial plan that mimics 'database show <family>'
(02:16:41 PM) leifmadsen: guess no one has found that important enough to program :)
(02:16:52 PM) leifmadsen: at that point you should probably just use a relational database...
(02:17:10 PM) mateu: i dunno
(02:17:16 PM) mateu: seems pretty basic to me.
(02:17:16 PM) leifmadsen: me either
(02:17:19 PM) leifmadsen: sure does
(02:17:24 PM) leifmadsen: no one has programmed it though
(02:17:28 PM) ***leifmadsen shrugs
(02:17:43 PM) mateu: ok, well at least we know how it currently stands.  thanks leifmadsen
(02:28:52 PM) Corydon76-home: leifmadsen: something like HASHKEYS() ?
(02:30:11 PM) leifmadsen: Corydon76-home: ummm, I was thinking more like DUNDI_QUERY() and DUNDI_RESULT()
(02:30:31 PM) leifmadsen: although HASHKEYS() might work
(02:30:58 PM) leifmadsen: actually ya, looking at it, similar to HASHKEYS()
(02:31:01 PM) leifmadsen: DBKEYS() I guess?
(02:31:45 PM) Corydon76-home: So with no argument, retrieves families, with an argument, retrieves keys of that family?
(02:34:02 PM) leifmadsen: ya
(02:34:16 PM) leifmadsen: how would you iterate through layers of them?
(02:34:30 PM) leifmadsen: i.e. family/key/key/key ?
(02:34:43 PM) Corydon76-home: Essentially, yes


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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6085d327a..3ba586460 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ Dialplan Variables
    ASTAGIDIR, ASTSPOOLDIR, ASTRUNDIR, ASTLOGDIR which hold the equivalent
    variables from asterisk.conf.
 
+Dialplan Functions
+------------------
+ * Added DB_KEYS, which lists the next set of keys in the Asterisk database
+   hierarchy.
+
 libpri channel driver (chan_dahdi) DAHDI changes
 --------------------------
  * Added moh_signaling option to specify what to do when the channel's bridged