On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 03:40:14 +1100, Kim Wan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Seb, that helped a lot.
> Using assertions is a good idea, however some instances of the report
> executions will not throw up an Executing Query response and are still
> valid.
>
> What I've done is place a __regex function in the while controller:
>
> ${__regexFunction(title>(Executing Query),true,1,,false,)}
>
> The issue that I'm now having with this is when it doesn't match, the
> loop still executes once. I take it this remains from the implementation
> you mentioned in October?
> (http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgId=1917811)
>
Yes.
I had lots of problems trying to fix this, which is why I ended up
with the current implementation.
You could try using LAST instead - make sure that the sample just
before the while loop *fails* the assertion if it should not enter the
loop at all.
> Thanks :)
> Kim
>
>
>
>
> sebb wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 11:16:15 +1100, Kim Wan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>I am setting up a testplan that executes reports by sending http
> >>requests. Some of these requests take a few minutes to execute so I've
> >>added a while loop and a cookie manager to continually access the state
> >>of a query within any one session. The while loop checks the html being
> >>returned - if the title is "Executing Query" (extracted from the server
> >>response) then it continues until the correct title is returned (the
> >>report has finished executing).
> >>
> >>This is the basic setup:
> >>
> >>Thread Group
> >> HTTP Cookie Manager
> >> Simple Controller
> >> Http Request
> >> Regular Expression (Reference name: Title; Regular
> >>Expression: <title>(.*)</title>)
> >> While Controller ("${title}" == "Executing Query")
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This is not a valid condition.
> >[I'm assuming you are using version 2.0.2. An earlier nightly build
> >did assume the condition was javascript, but this is no longer the
> >case - see the docs.]
> >
> >The while controller requires one of the following:
> >- blank
> >- LAST
> >- function/variable
> >
> >
> >
> >> Http Request
> >>
> >>
> >
> >How is the value of the "title" variable going to get updated?
> >
> >
> >
> >>The While loop seems to execute regardless however I've tried placing
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Yes, because it is not "false"
> >
> >
> >
> >>the same conditions in an If loop and it works fine. I've also tried
> >>
> >>
> >
> >The If controller assumes JavaScript.
> >
> >
> >
> >>placing "Executing Query" in a user defined variable (named
> >>Executing_Query) but the behaviour is still the same. Even when placing
> >>2!=2 or "${Executing_Query}" != "${Executing_Query}", still the loop
> >>executes! The title is being extracted correctly so I've run out of ideas.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This is because the condition is not being evaluated as "false".
> >
> >
> >
> >>Am I going about this incorrectly?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Yes, see above!
> >
> >
> >
> >>Any ideas would be much appreciated!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >It would be easier to set the condition to blank, and add an assertion
> >for the nested HTTP Request that fails when the title is NOT
> >"Executing Query" - i.e. move the Regex into the loop, and set the NOT
> >checkbox.
> >
> >
> >
> >>Kim
> >>
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