The User Parameters config element is similar to this, except it's values are held in a gui table. It would be a simple matter to study that code and figure out how to do the same thing but reading the values from a file instead of the gui table.
-Mike On 6 Dec 2002 at 16:23, Bryan Baker wrote: > I'm currently trying to create a test-plan with JMeter version 1.8 which > would have a parameter that gets its value from a list of potentially > thousands of values. > > So for example my URL may look like this: > http://www.myurl.com/application.cgi?searchstring=value > > The string 'value' would then be replaced by a value taken from a list (in > memory, from file etc). > > So if I had a file that looks like... > ---START OF FILE--- > jim > jane > bill > [thousands of additional lines] > ---END OF FILE--- > > On the first iteration the URL sent would appear like: > http://www.myurl.com/application.cgi?searchstring=jim > The second: > http://www.myurl.com/application.cgi?searchstring=jane > > ...and so on where this list would likely contain thousands of unique > values. > > The closest I've found to this is using a counter where its numeric value is > a part of the parameter value generated. This obviously only allows me to > change the counter value (instead of increment through a list of values). > > The brute force way to accomplish this would be to create an HTTP Request > Default node for every variation (by copying the XML or manually entering > each node). This does not accomplish what I need. > > I'm new to JMeter but I feel like I'm on the fringe of JMeter's > functionality. My gut feeling is that what I'm describing would be > accomplished with a combination of using the said counter and creating my > own Config Element 'Java Sample.' > > Thanks, > Bryan > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Michael Stover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM: mstover_ya ICQ: 152975688 AIM: mstover777 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
