> Ref Name: SessionID > Reg Expr: if it is of standard length (mix char & digits) just use following format (example: of length 8 means) (\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w) or if it is just digits (example: of length 8 means) (\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d)
> Template: $1$ > Match No: 0 > Default: 0 biju --- Neal O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having a little trouble with regular > expressions. Here is the basic > flow of the web application when used in a browser > > - User requests page > - Server returns a frameset (the requested page is > in the frameset). A link > on the frameset page includes a query parameter that > has a unique identifier > for session tracking (SessionID is the variable > name) > > General layout of my script is (using v1.9.1) > > - Thread Group > - First Page (GET) (returns a frameset) > - Regular Expression Extractor to get SessionID > - Second page (POST) (passes SessionID as a > variable) > > My regular expression has the following properties > > Ref Name: SessionID > Reg Expr: (SessionID=)(.*)([&"]) > Template: $2$ > Match No: 1 > Default: 0 > > I'm obviously missing something, because when I > monitor the server I can see > that the SessionID that gets POSTed with the second > page has a default value > of 0 rather than what should have been parsed out of > the extractor. > > From my (albeit minimal) understanding of regular > expressions, I expect that > this will look for text in the response that fits > the pattern: > > Starts with "SessionID=" > Ends with " or & > Can have 0 or more characters in between. > > And the parantheses break the expression into three > groups: > 1 - "SessionID" string literal > 2 - SessionID value > 3 - " or & character > > So setting the Template to $2$ means put the second > group into the variable. > > A snippet from the frameset might help: > > <frame name="visibleFrame" > src="mainpage.htm?InstanceID=1193356129&SessionID=wiQHYYlHzYEokrCo"> > > > Can somebody please help me out? Maybe I just need > to find a quality > regular expressions tutorial... > > > Thanks! > > Neal O'Connell | Developer > Phone: 859.245.3841 | Fax: 715.287.4499 > MI-Assistant - A Division of Fiserv, FSC > 26550 W. Mondovi Street | Eleva, WI 54738 > http://www.mi-assistant.com > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
