RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
Might be worth trying the -server qualifier. If this works, it should give better settings than the default -client. S. -Original Message- From: Michael Chandler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 August 2004 20:57 To: JMeter Users List; Peter Lin Subject: RE: win 2000 I appreciate

Re: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Rita danger
I hope this is a better detailed of what I am doing, please let me know if its not up to your standard. what are you trying to do -- I'm trying to create a Jmeter test, using one of our applications I want to test how long it takes to creating a product ( the application uses java html and

Conditional Dump Of HTTP Responses

2004-08-24 Thread Pollard, Matthew (Mat) 1275
Does anyone know of a way to save *just* the contents of HTTP pages for which assertions have failed? I have JMeter set up to test several pages on a regular basis and I've noticed that occasionally my Response Assertions for certain pages fails. For these instances, I'd like to save what was

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
What does the HTML response look like that contains the productID (or is it BookingID?) Regexes need to be carefully crafted to ensure that they pick up exactly what is needed - no more, no less, so *exact* details are needed. S. P.S. Have you read the JMeter FAQ and the Wiki? There is some info

RE: Conditional Dump Of HTTP Responses

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
It would be useful, but I'm not sure that is possible at present - or at least not easy. You might be able to use an if controller in conjunction with a Save Response Post Processor, but I'm not entirely sure how to code the If condition. There's probably also a way to do this using Beanshell,

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Rita danger
Hi Thank you for replying Is this okay? input type=hidden name=service value= input type=hidden name=cacheBuster value= input type=hidden name=productID value=10442 input type=hidden name=mode value=Create input type=hidden name=editActiveDetailID value=-1 input type=hidden

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
So long as there are no other instances of the string name=productID in the response, and the value is always a string of numbers, the following regex should work: name=productID\s+value=(\d+) If the name and value might be split across lines, enclose the regex as follows:

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
By the way, you probably want to use the Regular Expression Extractor Post-Processor rather than the Function __regex(). Attach the element as a child of the sampler that returns the html to be scanned. S. -Original Message- From: BAZLEY, Sebastian Sent: 24 August 2004 11:49 To:

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Jordi Salvat i Alabart
It's exactly the opposite: you'll want those parameters (tuned as suggested in the script's comments) when you need to generate high loads -- that is: in actual use, not during development. These settings minimise (or almost) the amount of time spent in garbage collection. This increases

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Rita danger
Thank you again Sorry if this I this is a silly question I am running Jmeter version 1.8.1 how do I use the Regular Expression Extractor This is what my test looks like Create product -create booking ---Response Assertion -Addproduct - this has productID (do I leave the original

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Peter Lin
that's strange. when I run it with and without the extra options on my gateway laptop running XP and my old P3 450 it is faster if I just have -server without all the extra options. maybe it's just my system or configuration. peter On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:13:29 +0200, Jordi Salvat i Alabart

RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Chandler
Maybe this is a dumb question but is there a way I can tell what the heap size is before I try setting it? Or what is available? Can you tell me the relationship between -Xms/-Xmx and -XX:NewSize/-XX:MaxNewSize? Maybe this will help me understand the two settings. -Original Message- From:

Re: Conditional Dump Of HTTP Responses

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Stover
Listeners can be instructed to record only errors. Most have a checkbox to that effect up top. If you were to tell jmeter to record result data (either via the jmeter.properties file or by clicking 'functional testing' in the TestPlan element) and only log errors, I think you would effectively

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Peter Lin
-Xms is the minimum heap size -Xmx is the max heap size -XX:NewSize - if I remember correctly, it sets the size of new heap allocation. when this is set bigger, the vm has to allocate new heap memory less. the last one I could be wrong. peter On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:51:49 -0600, Michael

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Stover
This is the sort of information without which our help is meaningless. You might find it useful to upgrade your JMeter to the latest: 2.0.1. -Mike On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 08:05, Rita danger wrote: Thank you again Sorry if this I this is a silly question I am running Jmeter version 1.8.1 how

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
BTW, JMeter should work with Java 1.3, but works best with 1.4, and pick the most recent version to ensure you have all the latest fixes, e.g. 1.4.2_05 at present. [Not sure if anyone has tested in earnest with 1.5 (I mean 5), and that is still in Beta anyway.] S. -Original Message-

RE: Conditional Dump Of HTTP Responses

2004-08-24 Thread Pollard, Matthew (Mat) 1275
Sadly, the save responses to file post processor doesn't have the option to save only upon error. And there doesn't seem to be a way to scope the post-processor within, say, an assertion results listener which does have the option. So for example, if I do this: ThreadGroup

RE: Conditional Dump Of HTTP Responses

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
Happily, there are Bugzilla enhancement requests :-) Could perhaps add a checkbox to the save responses element, etc. S. -Original Message- From: Pollard, Matthew (Mat) 1275 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 August 2004 14:30 To: 'JMeter Users List' Subject: RE: Conditional Dump Of HTTP

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Rita danger
I didn't try and I had some problems, thats why I am still using 1.8.1 After running my tests I export the results onto a spreadsheet and the problem was that the layout/sequence of the output changed, so the formulas on the spreadsheets where all wrong. The ONLY reason why I am still using

Re: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Peter Lin
I'm biased, so take this with a grain of salt. jmeter 2.0 is much better and the regexp changes in 2.0 are better in my mind. for me, it's worth while to update the excel spreadsheet and use 2.0. you'll have to decide for youself whether it is worth it or not. peter On Tue, 24 Aug 2004

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Jordi Salvat i Alabart
-server provides much more significant gains than any heap/GC tuning. I didn't dare to put it in the script because I've seen JREs that didn't accept it (though these may no longer be in use nowadays). The heap tuning only provides unmeasurable gains at relatively low loads (i.e. when the CPU

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Peter Lin
yeah, that is understandable, since Sun says the extended options are not required of all VM. peter On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:25:56 +0200, Jordi Salvat i Alabart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -server provides much more significant gains than any heap/GC tuning. I didn't dare to put it in the script

RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Chandler
Where does the -server switch go? Java -jar ApacheJMeter.jar -server ? -Original Message- From: Peter Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:32 AM To: JMeter Users List Subject: Re: win 2000 yeah, that is understandable, since Sun says the extended options

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Peter Lin
I just do this in jmeter.bat rem set ARGS=%HEAP% %NEW% %SURVIVOR% %TENURING% %EVACUATION% %RMIGC% %PERM% %DEBUG% set ARGS=-server peter On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:35:26 -0600, Michael Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where does the -server switch go? Java -jar ApacheJMeter.jar -server ?

RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
java -server [other java options] -jar ApacheJMeter.jar [jmeter options] If -server does not work, try installing the JDK/SDK or whatever it's called now... S. -Original Message- From: Michael Chandler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 August 2004 15:35 To: JMeter Users List Subject:

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Jordi Salvat i Alabart
-server needs to be the very first argument. The order of the remaining arguments doesn't matter (except that if you repeat one of them, the last one takes precedence). -- Salut, Jordi. En/na Michael Chandler ha escrit: Where does the -server switch go? Java -jar ApacheJMeter.jar -server ?

RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
It seems that the server and client options rely on: JAVA_HOME\jre\bin\server and JAVA_HOME\jre\bin\client at least on Win/NT and these directories contain a jvm.dll file (as well as Xusage.txt) So perhaps jmeter.bat could detect jvm.dll and add the -server option accordingly ... This

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Jordi Salvat i Alabart
Sounds like a good plan. On Unixes (checked Linux and Solaris) it's similar: all JDKs I have (ranging from jdk1.3.1_07 to j2sdk1.4.2_05) have a JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386/server/libjvm.so and .../client/libjvm.so. -- Salut, Jordi. En/na BAZLEY, Sebastian ha escrit: It seems that the server and

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Rita danger
Hi I have installed Jmeter 2.0.1 but it does not run, do I have to install java 1.4.2 ? RD From: BAZLEY, Sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: JMeter Users List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'JMeter Users List' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: URGENT regexFunction Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:57:40 +0100

RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Chandler
This is a very good article. Reading is not bad. Digesting is another thing. I'm still working on it. -Original Message- From: Jordi Salvat i Alabart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:21 AM To: JMeter Users List Subject: Re: win 2000 Check this:

RE: Proxy recorder hangs in 2.0.1?

2004-08-24 Thread Cronin, James
Found the cause after checking other Windows machines: New install has Oracle 9 instead of Oracle 8. Oracle9 has its own Java virtual machine. Of course it doesn't work quite right. The solution: Place Sun Java bin directory first in the path. Just have to figure out what that breaks. Jim

RE: Proxy recorder hangs in 2.0.1?

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
You can always create your own copy of jmeter.bat that sets JAVA_HOME and PATH for JMeter only. Or use two different machines - probably necessary when you get to doing serious performance testing anyway ! S. -Original Message- From: Cronin, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24

RE: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
Not enough information. -Original Message- From: Rita danger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 August 2004 16:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: URGENT regexFunction Hi I have installed Jmeter 2.0.1 but it does not run, do I have to install java 1.4.2 ? RD From: BAZLEY, Sebastian

RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Chandler
Had to put the GC back in. So here are the changes I made for jmeter.bat: rem set HEAP=-Xms128m -Xmx128m rem set NEW=-XX:NewSize=128m -XX:MaxNewSize=128m set SURVIVOR=-XX:SurvivorRatio=8 -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=50% set TENURING=-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=2 set

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Jordi Salvat i Alabart
Thanks. En/na Michael Chandler ha escrit: This is a very good article. Reading is not bad. Digesting is another thing. I'm still working on it. -Original Message- From: Jordi Salvat i Alabart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:21 AM To: JMeter Users List Subject:

Re: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Peter Lin
I would recommend installing jdk1.4.2 peter On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:36:40 +0100, BAZLEY, Sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not enough information. -Original Message- From: Rita danger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 August 2004 16:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
JMETER_CMD_LINE_ARGS is set from the batch file parameters - %* JVM_ARGS is presumably intended to be set before calling jmeter.bat: set JVM_ARGS=-Dprop=eller jmeter -n -t test.jmx -l test.jtl S. -Original Message- From: Michael Chandler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 August 2004

Re: URGENT regexFunction

2004-08-24 Thread Rita danger
Hi Peter, Thanks I am currently installing java 1.4.2 Nearly finished so I'll give it another go when its finished Thank you RD From: Peter Lin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Peter Lin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: JMeter Users List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: URGENT regexFunction Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004

Flash files

2004-08-24 Thread Rashmi Sharma
Hi, We have to load test apache servers serving up primarily large media files in our application. Is it possible with Jmeter to get the correct load testing results (i.e. if the media files are getting downloaded completely) . I mean if it is right tool for doing load testing on media

Re: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Jordi Salvat i Alabart
or set JVM_ARGS=-server :-) En/na BAZLEY, Sebastian ha escrit: JMETER_CMD_LINE_ARGS is set from the batch file parameters - %* JVM_ARGS is presumably intended to be set before calling jmeter.bat: set JVM_ARGS=-Dprop=eller jmeter -n -t test.jmx -l test.jtl S. -Original Message- From:

Re: Flash files

2004-08-24 Thread Ivan Rancati
One thing I tried in a similar situation (downloading .png files) was to have a size assertion. Of course I would not know if the .png file was correct, but having an approximate check on the donwloaded file size for me was good enough PS thanks to the JMeter developers for both the brilliant

RE: Flash files

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
You can check if the correct content has been downloaded by adding a Save Response Post-Processor (this was added after 1.9.1, IIRC). S. -Original Message- From: Ivan Rancati [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 August 2004 16:59 To: JMeter Users List Subject: Re: Flash files One thing I

RE: Flash files

2004-08-24 Thread Rashmi Sharma
Thanks a lot everyone -Original Message- From: BAZLEY, Sebastian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:09 AM To: 'JMeter Users List' Subject: RE: Flash files You can check if the correct content has been downloaded by adding a Save Response Post-Processor (this

RE: win 2000

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Chandler
Good. That's what I did. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Jordi Salvat i Alabart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 9:58 AM To: JMeter Users List Subject: Re: win 2000 or set JVM_ARGS=-server :-) En/na BAZLEY, Sebastian ha escrit: JMETER_CMD_LINE_ARGS is set

JMeter.bat options (was: win 2000)

2004-08-24 Thread BAZLEY, Sebastian
Indeed ... we should add some comments to the BAT file ... It would be useful if most of the other stuff could be made optional. S. -Original Message- From: Jordi Salvat i Alabart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 August 2004 16:58 To: JMeter Users List Subject: Re: win 2000 or set

Extracting Random Value from a Combobox

2004-08-24 Thread Peter Bernier
Hello, I've been trying to figure out the correct regular expression to be using to extract a random value from a combobox (html select) and can't quite seem to get the syntax right. I'm trying to use this expression in the Regular Expression field of a Regular Expression Extract Post Processor

Re: Extracting Random Value from a Combobox

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Stover
I don't think you can do that with regular expressions. To do so would require the matcher attempt to match multiple different ways against the same text, and that's just not how they work. Alternatively, you can sometimes use the HTML Link Parser for this sort of thing. I say 'sometimes'

win2000 FYI

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Chandler
Just an FYI.. I tried a few things at the command prompt with the -Xms switch on my win2000 box just for the heck of it. Here's what I got. Weird. C:\jakarta-jmeter-2.0.1\binjava -Xms1.024m Invalid initial heap size: -Xms1.024m Could not create the Java virtual machine.