Michael,

Good start! We are getting warmer.

Where "(\\*|\\d{6})" will not match either * or 123456 or anything I can think of.
"\\*|\\d{6}" does match * and 123456 and does not match 1234
So far so good.
BUT, if an asterisk(s) are entered in a combination with numbers anything goes **, *123, 123 *, 12*24, 12**34, 1*2*3, etc.

Bob


On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Michael Collins <msc@freeswitch.org> wrote:
2009/3/27 Robert Clayton <rjcajax@gmail.com>:
> Michael,
>
> Also note the error message reprints the expression without the escape.
>
> Bob
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Michael Collins <msc@freeswitch.org> wrote:

That just hit me. Try "\\*" instead of "\*" to see if maybe the
backslash is getting dropped off between Lua and FreeSWITCH.