On 07/09/2008, Ian Blavins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day > > > > I think some of my early confusion with JMeter would have been avoided > if User Defined Variables were instead called User Defined Constants. > They do after all behave as constants rather than variables. Once their > value has been finally established during test plan initialization there > is no way to change them during test plan execution.
Actually, they are not constant. The values of any variables defined by the UDV element can be overwritten by the User Parameters Pre-Processor, or any other elements that write to variables. > For clarity it > would probably be good if the GUI enforced the convention that UDVs only > be defined immediately under the test plan. Execution of individual test > plan elements in an order different from their physical placement order > is confusing. > The 2.3.2 documentation already suggests restricting them to the start of the thread group. > > > > > > Ian Blavins > Software performance specialist > > . > > TEMENOS > The Banking Software Company > > . > > PeopleBuilding 2, Maylands Av > > Hemel Hempstead UK HP2 4NW > > . > > T: +44 (0) 1442 431 106 > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > . > > www.temenos.com <http://www.temenos.com> > > . > > P Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you > really need to. > > > > > Disclaimer: > If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender. > Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely > those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of TEMENOS. > We recommend that you check this e-mail and any attachments against viruses. > TEMENOS accepts no liability for any damage caused by any malicious code > or virus transmitted by this e-mail. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
