In the regular expression component, you can specify that you want
a to use a random match (if your regex matches multiple
instances). You can also use the Random() function if you just
need a random number.
-Mike
On 2 Oct 2003 at 9:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Thanks a bunch!
>
> Maybe I was a bit unclear about the second case. Basically I was
asking
> whether it is possible to create random parameters. Assume
there are
> records with RECORD_IDs from 1 to 100. Can I make JMeter
pick one ID
> randomly, and use it as a request parameter?
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>
> I do the first bit for my application load test, not sure what you're
> asking in the second point.
> This is how to do what I think you're asking for in your first
question:
>
> When a user clicks the "create entity" button in our app, the result
page
> displays something along the lines of "entity created with id: X".
>
> The ID displayed on the create entity result page is actually a
business
> ID, not the surrogate key, but by a quirk of our system, that's
exactly
> what we need to pass as the identifying information to the other
pages in
> our system (don't ask).
>
> We extract the entity id with a regex extractor with approximately
the
> following settings:
> Name: entity ID extractor
> Reference name: UV.entity.id
> Regular expression: (entity created with id: )([0-9]+)
> Template: $2$
> Match No.: 1
>
> "UV.entity.id" is the name of the variable that JMeter will stick the
> extracted id into (the UV prefix is part of our JMeter variable
naming
> standard, supposed to stand for UserVariable).
>
> Then for example, when we want to navigate to the view page for
that
> entity, we create a HTTP sampler with the path field looking
something like
> "<app context>/jsp/EntityView.jsp?entity_key=${UV.entity.id}"
>
> Note that if the result page doesn't display the key you need in
order to
> navigate to the view page (and why should it?), then you'll have
to alter
> your app to stick it in a HTML comment or something.
>
> Cheers,
> Shorn.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, 2 October 2003 4:24 PM
> > To: JMeter Users List
> > Subject: Dynamic HTTP parameters
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > is it possible to create a web test plan with "dynamic"
> > parameters, as in
> >
> > - web application where you can manage records. First request
goes to
> > "addRecord.jsp", which creates a new record. JMeter reads
> > RECORD_ID from
> > response. Next it calls "deleteRecord.jsp" with the obtained
RECORD_ID
> >
> > - RECORD_ID is selected randomly, request is made to
> > "someAction.jsp" with
> > the obtained RECORD_ID?
> >
> > If this can be done, what are the effects on test performance?
> >
> > - - -
> > Janne Mattila
> > Järjestelmäsuunnittelija
> >
> > Key Partners Oy
> > Polttimonkatu 4, 33210 Tampere
> > Puh. + 358 20 551 6188
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> > Fax + 358 20 551 6200
> > www.keypartners.fi
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