I am pretty sure it is JMeter. The example that I am working on is a parameter whose value is a base64-encoded block of text. For example:
<property name="Argument.value" propType="org.apache.jmeter.testelement.property.StringProperty"> PEFzc2VydGlvbiB4bWxucz0idXJuOm9hc2lzOm5hbWVzOnRjOlNBTUw6MS4wOmFzc2VydGlvbiIg QXNzZXJ0aW9uSUQ9IkEzOTEzZmM0YzJkZDc5ODg0MjNiMWFiZTQyNzY2MzkzNyIgSXNzdWVJbnN0 YW50PSIyMDA1LTEyLTEyVDE5OjIxOjMzWiIgSXNzdWVyPSJjYWxkYXAwMS5jYS5hbGNhdGVsLmNv bSIgTWFqb3JWZXJzaW9uPSIxIiBNaW5vclZlcnNpb249IjEiPgo8Q29uZGl0aW9ucyBOb3RCZWZv cmU9IjIwMDUtMTItMTJUMTk6MjE6MzNaIiBOb3RPbk9yQWZ0ZXI9IjIwMDUtMTItMTJUMTk6MzE6 MzNaIj48L0NvbmRpdGlvbnM+CjxBdXRoZW50aWNhdGlvblN0YXRlbWVudCBBdXRoZW50aWNhdGlv </property> Opening the .jmx file in the GUI shows this parameter value correctly. But during the jmeter run, when the POST containing this parameter hits the server, the parameter value has a space where the "+" was. I don't typically use the GUI, so am not very familiar with it. But now I am experimenting with defining various http parameters with and without spaces, and with and without the "encode?" checkbox selected. It isn't clear to me at all what effect the "always_encode" property has on HTTPArgument. These experiments leave me even more confused, since parameters with spaces are faithfully recorded in the jmx file. The URLEncoder represents spaces as '+', and an HTTPArgument supports its name and value in both encoded and non-encoded modes. So this is where I am focusing my efforts. I have been looking at the jmeter sources but haven't figured out yet when encoding / decoding occurs and what is different between GET and POST requests. But I think the troubles may be there. Does anyone have a suggestion for a way to debug this? On Wednesday 01 February 2006 06:35 pm, sebb wrote: > On 01/02/06, John Bullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I construct my test plans without using the JMeter GUI by directly > > constructing .jmx files. I have just discovered that JMeter assumes that > > the name and value of each HTTP Argument are URL encoded in the XML file. > > But I have the parameters in their raw, un-encoded form. Is there a > > mode or setting which can tell JMeter to take the parameter name and > > value as is, without decoding it? > > Are you sure it is JMeter that is doing the decoding, and not the XML > reader? > > There are certain characters that must be encoded when stored in XML. > > You could perhaps try experimenting with the [[CDATA tag. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Bullock IQNavigator 303-563-1501 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
