I have written before about using the LDAP protocol using LoadRunner. This time, I had a requirement to reset the passwords for all my test users before an execution. Luckily for me, there was already some shell scripts setup that utilised ldapmodify, so it was just a matter of converting them over to LoadRunner scripts.
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Using mldap_modify & mldap_delete functions in LoadRunner
Posted on September 20th 2011 by Joel Deutscher
Performance Testing SOAP with LoadRunner – Basics
Posted on August 10th 2011 by Joel Deutscher
Web services are more commonly becoming the targets of Performance tests. This post aims to provide an introduction to testing SOAP with LoadRunner without using the Web Services VUser type. Why not use the Web Services Vuser? Errors like this
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Xml.XmlException: 'xsi' is an undeclared namespace.
Using the custom web request (as suggested by Wilson Mar, Stuart Moncrieff and many others) bypasses the XML validation steps of LoadRunner, which is a good thing. This is possible because SOAP is just XML over HTTP, so lets take a look.
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Getting to know your tools: Firebug
Posted on July 17th 2010 by Joel Deutscher
I have always enjoyed introducing people to tools that I find really helpful, and one such tool is Firebug. While this Firefox plug-in has many great features, the one that interests me the most is the Net Panel. This tutorial is targeted towards a performance tester. This simple scenario aims show you how Firebug can not only give you a better understanding of the application under test, it can also help you write better scripts.
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Performance Testing Oracle via JDBC with LoadRunner – Basics
Posted on May 18th 2010 by Joel Deutscher
This post discusses a method for testing Oracle via a JDBC connection, to simulate application interaction with the database. It is designed as an introduction to get you started, where you take it from there is up to you.
Using Logparser with Perfmon logs
Posted on February 8th 2010 by Joel Deutscher
Logparser is an extremely useful tool for processing perfmon counters. It provides the ability to query text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files. This post will show you how to take a perfmon produced CSV file, and perform basic analysis on the results using logparser.
