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+;install odbc on asterisk running container 
+This installs:
+asterisk-odbc → Asterisk's ODBC module
+unixodbc → ODBC driver manager
+unixodbc-dev → Development files for ODBC
+mariadb-client → MySQL/MariaDB client tools (for testing)
+
+sudo docker exec -it mat_asterisk sh -c "apk add --no-cache asterisk-odbc unixodbc unixodbc-dev mariadb-client"
+
+
+
+THEN CHECK USING THIS
+1️⃣ Check If ODBC Modules Are Available
+Run this command inside your Asterisk container:
+
+sh
+Copy
+Edit
+sudo docker exec -it mat_asterisk ls /usr/lib/asterisk/modules | grep odbc
+This should list files like:
+
+Copy
+Edit
+res_odbc.so
+res_config_odbc.so
+cdr_odbc.so
+cel_odbc.so
+func_odbc.so
+If res_odbc.so and res_config_odbc.so are missing, then ODBC support is not installed in Asterisk.
+
+SEEMS to be THE ONLY AVAILABLE for the alpine linux connector 
+sudo docker exec -it mat_asterisk sh -c "apk add --no-cache unixodbc"
+