regex post processor doesn't save response field

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Andrew Bredhauer (Bug 31479):
I've created a Test plan that uses a regex post processor to extract the
session id from the response headers of the first request so it can be sent in
subsequent posts. The regex post processor gives the option to search the
response body or headers but doesn't appear to save this setting as on every
load of the test plan I have to reselect the headers option.
This behaviour is annoying to say the least and I'm wondering how it will
behave under remote testing. We're using JDK1.4.1_02

Andrew

Severity: major
OS: Windows XP

Duplicated by:

• Regular Expression Extractor GUI does not load and run JMX file settings correctly #1399

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Sebb (migrated from Bugzilla):

1. the post-processor should be a child of the sampler to which it applies,
   otherwise it will be applied to all the samplers at the same level

2. regexes only return what you tell them to - make sure you enclose some or all
   of the regex in parentheses. e.g.

.*

will match everything, but return nothing

(.*)

will match and return everything.

Please try this and if it still does not work, add a sample test plan to this
issue as an attachment

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Andrew Bredhauer (migrated from Bugzilla):
Created attachment regex_sample.jmx: Simple Test plan to demonstrate problem

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Andrew Bredhauer (migrated from Bugzilla):
Sebb,

The problem is not in the pattern matching but in the gui behaviour of the
post processor. On screen I'm given the option to select eith body of header
for the post processor to search. I need to select header but when I move off
the post processor and move back to it my selection is lost and it defaults to
search body. Even if I select header and save the test plan next time I re
open it body will be selected.
I've attached a very simple test plan that you can hopefully use to see the
problem. The test plan probably doesn't even run but this isn't required to
show the error.

Andrew

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Sebb (migrated from Bugzilla):
Sorry, my previous reply was not relevant - I posted the reply in the wrong
place ...

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The loss of the header/body setting is a known bug, fixed in CVS after 2.0.1 was
released.

If you don't want to wait for the next release, you could perhaps try one of the
nightly builds (linked from JMeter home page).

BTW, remote testing is not very performant compared with non-GUI mode. There
have been several discussions of this on the User list.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of #1399 ***