It would be hard - there could be dozens or even hundreds of characters that need to be escaped else they'll be treated as funky regular expression signifiers.
-Mike On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 11:18 +0100, sebb wrote: > Clever idea - should work. > But it is harder to make work than removing/replacing the variable > bits as you are finding! > > The modifiers such as (?m) and (?s) do work in JMeter. > > Note that these can change the meaning of ".", ^ $ etc > > The Regex Tester might help here. > > S. > On 4/26/05, Sonam Chauhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Or one could develop a new Assertion. > > > > > > You might still need to add a way to edit the responses to remove the > > > variable data. > > > > Sebb and Keith - I tried something similar with plain response assertions > > and regexs... my intention was to get JMeter to act as a rudimentary diff > > facility (it just signals if something is different), but I may have run > > into a limitation the regex support. > > > > The usual way to use Response Assertions is setting snippets of text (which > > may have regexs) in an assertion. JMeter then tries to match the response > > body (or headers) against it. > > > > Is it possible to assert a suitably processed multiline document? I was > > thinking of something like this: > > > > 1. Take the _entire_ body response from a server > > 2. Replace the variable bits with suitable regular expressions > > 3. Quote any other regex metacharacters > > 4. Take the text processed this way, and set it as a JMeter response > > assertion > > > > I tried doing this - JMeter lets me paste in this multi-line text into the > > assertion textbox with no problems, but try as I might, I could not it to > > work. I also tried using Perl5 extended regular expressions of multiline > > matching - i.e., instead of /abc/m, I set the assertion to (?m)abc - but no > > go. > > > > I'd like your thoughts on this issue. > > > > Regards, > > Sonam Chauhan > > -- > > Electronic Commerce, Corporate Express Australia Ltd. > > Phone: +61-2-9335-0725, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: sebb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, 25 April 2005 10:51 PM > > > To: JMeter Users List > > > Subject: Re: Regression Testing w/ JMeter > > > > > > The Post-Processor Save Responses to a File was partly introduced with > > > this in mind. > > > > > > This takes a name prefix (which I think can be a variable) so you can > > > run the test twice, saving the results to two sets of files, and then > > > use some other tool to do comparisons of the files. > > > > > > You may need to pre-process the files to remove some dynamic data > > > (e.g. dates/times) before doing the diffs. > > > > > > There's no differencing capability built into JMeter at present. > > > > > > However, I guess the Save Responses test element could be extended to > > > include a second filename prefix, and could save the new data and then > > > compare it. Not sure offhand how this should report differences - I > > > think it may run too late to change the failure status - but it could > > > certainly log a message. > > > > > > Or one could develop a new Assertion. > > > > > > You might still need to add a way to edit the responses to remove the > > > variable data. > > > I think this could be done using another Post-Processor (BeanShell > > > Assertion should be usable here) that gets run before the Saver gets > > > the result. Or this could be added to the Saver itself (easier to > > > understand). > > > > > > I suggest you try using external comparisons first, as this will give > > > a better idea of the sort of text that might need to be removed from > > > the responses before diffing. > > > > > > S. > > > On 4/25/05, Keith Weicksel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I was wondering if anyone used JMeter to regression test a site. > > > > Particularily, what I am looking for is the ability to: > > > > > > > > 1 - create a baseline tests for some path in our site (storing the > > > > HTML/DOM response somewhere) > > > > 2 - run the same test again after changes were made to the site and be > > > > able to DIFF the responses (showing the differences somehow) > > > > 3 - if there are changes (and they are OK), replace the baseline > > > > responses with the new valid ones > > > > > > > > I have used JMeter for about a month now, and do not believe it has this > > > > functionality built right into it at this point. My question is what is > > > > the extent of the regression testing ability buiilt into JMeter? And > > > > how difficult would it be to add this functionaility to it myselft? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
