Hi
i think the ${ID} is inside the file collnumsonly.txt (which wont work.).
Is that correct?
regards
deepak
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 April 2012 17:02, Peri Stracchino <peri.stracch...@york.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I hope I'v got the correct address here for the JMeter users discussion
> > list - apologies if not.
>
> Yes, it is the correct list.
>
> > I'm using JMeter 2.5.1
>
> There is a more recent version (2.6) but that's unlikely to be the issue
> here.
>
> > I want to run a test which requires a different external file to be sent
> > with each
> > request. I had hoped to do this by passing a variable into the File Path
> > (the one
> > under 'send files with the request'). this variable is read in from a
> csv
> > file
> > and would allow me to construct the unique part of the file name.
> >
> > the variable is specified like this
> > ID ${_StringFromFile(collnumsonly.txt)}
>
> Where are you defining this?
>
> > But this doesnt seem to work, because when I look at the error
> > message the variable hasnt been expanded - see below:
> > <responseData class="java.lang.String">java.io.FileNotFoundException:
> > C:\Jmeter2.5\jakarta-jmeter-2.5.1\bin\${ID}.txt (The system cannot find
> the
> > file
> > specified)
>
> This means that the variable cannot be resolved.
>
> > Is there any means by which I can do this in JMeter? Have i got my syntax
> > wrong or
> > am I simply trying to do something which wont work in jmeter? I'v googled
> > like a
> > very googly thing but cant seem to find an answer to this
>
> Syntax looks OK.
>
> There are two aspects to this:
> 1) is the variable being set up correctly and in time?
> 2) is the sampler set up correctly to use the variable?
>
> I would start by disabling reading from the external file.
> Define the ID variable as a fixed value on the Test Plan, and make
> sure the sampler works with the fixed value.
> Change the value and check it still works.
>
> Then try to read the variable from the file; use the Debug Sampler to
> show what variables are being set up.
>
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