You are correct about everything. On 15 Dec 2002 at 16:20, Scott Eade wrote:
> Reading the documentation on timers (s4.4) I get the impression that a timer > will only be applied at the thread group level. In actual practice it > appears that I can put a timer in a controller and it will only affect the > timing of the samplers within the controller. The actual behaviour makes > sense as there is clearly a need to cater for long delays on some pages and > shorter delays in others. > > So in practice I can do this: > > Thread group > HTTP Request > Loop controller > HTTP Request > Constant timer 5 seconds > HTTP Request > > ...and only the requests within the loop will have the 5 second delay. > > The same documentation refers to the possibility of having multiple timers > within a thread group, but confusingly states that these will be applied > cumulatively. I take this to mean that: > > Thread group > HTTP Request > HTTP Request > Constant timer 5 seconds > Constant timer 5 seconds > > ...will result in 10 seconds between each request - this makes sense. > > But what about this: > > Thread group > HTTP Request > Loop controller > HTTP Request > Constant timer 5 seconds > HTTP Request > Constant timer 5 seconds > > ...I assume in this case that the request in the loop will be delayed by 10 > seconds and the remaining requests by 5 seconds. It is a little difficult > to confirm this one manually - can someone please confirm that this is > correct? > > If the above comments are correct then we should update the documentation to > clarify these points. > > Cheers, > > Scott > -- > Scott Eade > Backstage Technologies Pty. Ltd. > http://www.backstagetech.com.au > .Mac Chat/AIM: seade at mac dot com > > > -- > 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]>
