Hello.
I have been experimenting with some of the JMeter 1.7.3 improvements over JMeter 1.7.
Nice!
I am having trouble properly using the __counter function. My understanding from the
manual is not improving with re-reading.
I am not using the 'Name of function', the second argument to __counter, properly.
What exactly is the second argument to __counter?
Say I have ${__counter(FALSE,mycount)} used somewhere in the object tree beneath a
Thread Group.
My understanding of the second argument is this:
Use it to to expand the counter value 'again', without incrementing the counter value,
by putting ${mycount} elsewhere in the Test Plan, under the same Thread Group.
Bearing in mind this test plan is tinkering, not a serious test:
Test Plan (variable: testhost, value: my hostname)
Thread Group (threads: 3, ramp up: 0, count: 1)
User Parameters (username, password [defined for 3 users])
HTTP Request Defaults (server name: ${testhost})
Simple Controller
HTTP Request (path: /my/login/url,
param: username, value: ${username}
param: password, value: ${password}
param: counterTest, value: ${__counter(FALSE,mycount)} )
HTTP Request (path: /some/other/url,
param: testTheCounter, value: ${mycount} )
counterTest in the first HTTP request has the expected values (1, 2, 3) for the
requests generated by the 3 threads in the group. The global counter for the Thread
Group is incremented on each reference to ${__counter(args)}.
testTheCounter in the second HTTP request is just ${mycount}.
Thanks for any pointers,
John Kavadias [EMAIL PROTECTED]
