Thanks deepak. It indeed works. My problem was that my jarascripts had wrong syntax, I think. (I'm not very familiar with javascripts and the syntax that is acceptable by JMeter).
Cheers, Wei Deepak Shetty wrote: > > I just tried it works . The javascript function is the value specified in > Send Parameters with request and it correctly sends blank or the actual > value. > Im not sure what you mean by null value , in http a null would be the same > as not sending a parameter (and not sending it empty) > Is that what you want? If not can you please illustrate what your test is > and what you expect to happen ? > > regards > deepak > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Wei Z <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Thanks deepak. I've tried this approach already, but whenever a null >> value >> was expected, it didn't work. >> It seems a null value just cannot be returned. >> >> Wei >> >> Deepak Shetty wrote: >> > >> > oh i think I had a space before the javascript and that's why it seemed >> to >> > work (as a space, not emptyu) >> > >> > You can always use __javaScript function to check the value of the >> > variable >> > against the default. >> > e.g. in the regex specify the default value as NOT_FOUND >> > and in the parameter specify >> > ${__javaScript('${YOUR_VAR}' == 'NOT_FOUND' ? '': '${YOUR_VAR}')} >> > >> > regards >> > deepak >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Wei Z <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Thanks for the reply deepak. Tried your suggestion, but it didn't work >> - >> >> returned the variable name "${variablename}" rather than a blank >> string. >> >> The reason I need a blank string is that I want to send back whatever >> >> values >> >> already on the page plus some comments. One of the existing values is >> a >> >> dropdown box. If a value has already been selected in the dropdown box >> >> when >> >> the page is opened, I will find a match. If a value has not been >> >> selected, >> >> the RegEx extractor will not find a match (i.e. the particular text >> >> phrase >> >> will not exist on the page). In case, I need to return a blank value - >> >> any >> >> other value will cause the request to fail. >> >> Is this a restriction of JMeter or is there a way to do this? >> >> >> >> Wei >> >> >> >> Deepak Shetty wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Truly fugly but >> >> > ${__javaScript('')} seems to work. >> >> > >> >> > I'd question why you need blank (would spaces work?) . other options >> >> would >> >> > be BSH listener to form the variable as you want. >> >> > regards >> >> > deepak >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Wei Z <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> I want to return a value null (i.e. blank) if now matches are >> found. >> >> I've >> >> >> tried few things, e.g. leave the default value field blank, put a >> >> >> variable >> >> >> name in the field and define the variable to have value "", etc. >> >> >> But I just can't get a null value. Has anybody done this or does >> >> anybody >> >> >> know how to do this? Your help would be much appreciated. >> >> >> >> >> >> Wei >> >> >> -- >> >> >> View this message in context: >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.nabble.com/How-to-set-default-value-to-null-for-Regular-Expression-Extractor-tp25911259p25911259.html >> >> >> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> View this message in context: >> >> >> http://www.nabble.com/How-to-set-default-value-to-null-for-Regular-Expression-Extractor-tp25911259p25922069.html >> >> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/How-to-set-default-value-to-null-for-Regular-Expression-Extractor-tp25911259p25928321.html >> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-set-default-value-to-null-for-Regular-Expression-Extractor-tp25911259p25928828.html Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
