Some possibilities as to why counter does not "work": * the counter is not incrementing the variable. This could be because increment = 0 or end <= start.
* the variable is being incremented, but the test element that uses the variable is not picking up the changes. This can happen if the test element only resolves its input variables once per run. This could be a bug, or it could be deliberate. [For example, StringFromFile only resolves the file name when it tries to open its file.] Counter does work if the parameters are set OK, so the question here is, how does the test plan use the counter?. As to documentation, updates are always useful, ideally as a patch to the XML source in xdocs. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Mattox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 June 2003 16:20 To: JMeter Users List Subject: RE: how to configure the Counter If at least 4 people have trouble using the counter, then either it doesn't work properly or the documention doesn't explain its use adequately. I added the counter to my thread group, and gave it a name. Then in my http request corresponding to login, I replaced the hard coded userid with "user${userid_counter}". The counter never incremented and ${userid_counter} was always equal to 1. This seems to be the same experience that 3 others have had. I'm using 1.9RC2 with JDK 1.4.1_03 on Windows 2000. Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: how to configure the Counter > > > I never answered those because the counter just works, and I > can't imagine > what you're doing to make it not work. Try giving a complete account of > software versions, OS, and what your test plan looks like. > > -Mike > > On 18 Jun 2003 at 12:15, Michael Mattox wrote: > > > I cannot get the Counter to work. I read through the component > reference > > and searched the archives, in fact in the archives I found 3 > different mails > > from people who cannot get the Counter to work and there were no > solutions. > > What I'd like it to do is to increment the count for each > thread. I'm using > > the counter to build a userid, so I'd like something really simple like: > > > > thread 1: user1 > > thread 2: user2 > > thread 3: user3 > > ... > > thread n: usern > > > > When I run my test plan, the counter never increments. > > > > Thanks, > > Michael Mattox > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > Michael Stover > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo IM: mstover_ya > ICQ: 152975688 > AIM: mstover777 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
