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Stuart Moncrieff's "My Load Test" blog

Stuart Moncrieff's "My Load Test" blog

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Stuart Moncrieff's blog on load testing

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Question: Using standard web vusers to test web services

Subject: HTML return valueHi Stu, you probably know the answer,what I need to know if there is an option in Vugen to run a url and to save the url content to a string, something like XML apis in Vugen.Later I can parse the string to see if I got the right value.There is surely [...]

Question: SAPGUI script fails on second iteration

Subject: Help wanted in SAP with LR..Hey Stuart,I Guess u have got good experience in LR with SAP…I got into a problem in my work place.. hope u can figure it out.. pelase let me know if u have a solution for his..I created a Script for R/3, ( Order to Cash ) which will [...]

Question: Monitoring and alerting with VuGen?

I frequently receive emails with LoadRunner-related questions. I try to reply to questions when I have time. Maybe posting my answers to MyLoadTest will be an incentive for me to answer more questions, and maybe it will save other people some time.Subject: Sending email from loadrunner scriptHi Stuart,we would like to run loadrunner script (HTTP [...]

Question: How to record a JDBC application with VuGen?

Subject: LR JDBC ProtocolHi Stuart,I have a Java Swing-based client that communicates directly with a database server using JDBC. What are my options for recording this application with LoadRunnerThanks,Jxxxx Cxxxx.As you probably noticed, there is no native vuser type which will record your application successfully. Fortunately, you still have several options for recording your application.Option [...]

Question: Monitoring and alerting with VuGen

I frequently receive emails with LoadRunner-related questions. I try to reply to questions when I have time. Maybe posting my answers to MyLoadTest will be an incentive for me to answer more questions, and maybe it will save other people some time.Hi Stuart,we would like to run loadrunner script (HTTP WEB Protocol) which will send [...]

New book on Performance Testing

I’ve spent the last year or so writing notes and fleshing out chapters for a book called Performance Testing Web Applications, so imagine my very slight feeling of annoyance when I did a google search for my book title and found that someone had released a very similar book 3 months earlier…J.D. Meier, Carlos Farre, [...]

James Bach talks to MAST

James Bach visited Melbourne this week to teach his Rapid Software Testing course. While he was here, he took the time to talk to about 30 developers and testers from the Melbourne XP Enthusiasts Group (MXPEG) and the Melbourne Association of Software Testers (MAST).James is an acomplished speaker and is passionate about testing. He spent [...]

Cargo Cult Testing (testing as ritual rather than science)

Richard Feynman popularised the idea of the cargo cult in his essay on cargo cult science, which was “science” that followed all the forms of scientific investigation, but lacked real critical scientific thought. The idea was transferred to the world of software courtesy of the Jargon File with its entry on cargo cult programming.The Jargon [...]