Sorry, but I don't see how picking a random row from the CSV file is any better than making sure that the file is random to start with. Surely both will have the same effect?
CSVRead will wrap round to the start of the file once all the rows have been used up. But so long as there are enough rows, each thread will get a different row. So just make sure that the rows are unique and randomly ordered. Not too difficult if you use a scripting language to generate the file. S. On 27/09/05, Joshua E. Auerbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I forgot it was csv, not line seperated, even still the principle is the > same. Just parse the file into an array with a BeanShell script > > ______________________________ > *Joshua E. Auerbach** **|* *Software Developer > ** > V* *802.658.0965** |* *F* *802.658.0926 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>** **| www.dealer.com > <http://www.dealer.com>* > > > Joshua E. Auerbach wrote: > > > My suggestions is to create a BeanShell script file that creates an > > array of strings from the contents of the file (each entry in the > > array corresponds to 1 line of the file), and then make a function > > that returns a random entry of the array. It should be pretty easy to > > do. > > > > -Josh > > > > ______________________________ > > *Joshua E. Auerbach** **|* *Software Developer > > ** > > V* *802.658.0965** |* *F* *802.658.0926 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>** **| www.dealer.com > > <http://www.dealer.com>* > > > > > > m mat wrote: > > > >> Hi Sebb/All > >> > >> As you can see I am trying to have all my threads assume different > >> values and also have a good distribution across the sample set, for > >> each run, or else initial values tend to get used most. > >> > >>> From your reply, seems there is no straightforward way to achieve > >>> this. Is this correct? > >> > >> > >> Matt > >> sebb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Why not randomise the file contents? > >> > >> This is what we do for our testing. > >> We use StringFromFile, but the principle is the same. > >> > >> S. > >> On 27/09/05, m mat wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I want my threads to read random rows from a cSV file. Any way to do > >>> this? If I put > >>> a line like the following for a value from the CSV file, > >>> ${__CSVRead(${perftest_home}\data\topics.csv,0)} > >>> ${__CSVRead(${perftest_home}\data\topics.csv,next)} > >>> > >>> I see that all threads read the next row, for example thread 1 gets > >>> row 1 thread 2 gets row 2 etc. Also I am not sure what the next > >>> iteration of each thread will get. > >>> > >>> What I would like is each iteration in each thread gets a completely > >>> random row? > >>> > >>> Any thoughts? > >>> > >>> Matt > >>> > >>> m mat > >> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I am a beginner with JMeter. > >>> > >>> How do I read random rows from a CSV file for the purpose of random > >>> parametrization? > >>> > >>> Matt > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> __________________________________________________ > >>> Do You Yahoo!? > >>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >>> http://mail.yahoo.com > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------- > >>> Yahoo! for Good > >>> Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------- > >> Yahoo! for Good > >> Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
