String expansion of attributes value from database

[Krzysztof Grobelak]

Hello Alan,

Thanks for response.
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> On Jul 13, 2016, at 7:29 AM, Krzysztof Grobelak <krzysztof.grobelak at enet.ie> wrote:
>> I have been testing the below feature and it looks like the server is successfully performing the expansion of the attributes values when the value is enclosed with the “`” as can be seen below:
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>  That's not supposed to work.  If it does work, it works by accident, not by design.
Ohhh man… It would be a very cool functionality if it was intended.
But lets say you now know its kind of there will you be looking to remove it or embrace it? ;)

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>> The  %{Alc-Client-Hardware-Addr} gets correctly expanded to 84:8f:69:f1:16:0a however the “ `”  are still encapsulating the mac.
>> The Framed-IP-Address somehow gets assigned 0.0.0.0 even though	debug log show the correct expansion and execution of the SQL query.
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>  Because the string `1.2.3.4` isn't a valid IP address.
I kind of suspected that this may be the case.

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>> Can you please advise how to remove the “`” and how to correctly assign the SQL returned value to Framed-IP-Addess attribute?
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>  Don't use `` in the SQL database.
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>  Use the documented features, even if it means a slightly more complex configuration.  it will work.
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Very well, will look for some other approach.

Thanks for great software!

Regards,
Kris