Database Testing using JMeter 2.3.

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Index…

Download JMeter...................................................................................................................3
Run the JMeter.bat................................................................................................................3
JMeter GUI.............................................................................................................................3
Adding Basic controls to the Test Plan.................................................................................4
Thread Group control...................................................................................................................................4
JDBC Request control..................................................................................................................................5
JDBC Connection Configuration control.....................................................................................................6
“http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/build-db-test-plan.html”.......................................................6
View Result Tree control..............................................................................................................................6
Parameterization....................................................................................................................6
User Parameters Control...............................................................................................................................6
Calling Procedure.....................................................................................................................7
Download JMeter

Download the JMeter version 2.6 from the following url:

http://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi

Run the JMeter.bat

Run the jmeter.bat file from the JMeter installation directory.

JMeter GUI

JMeter GUI will be shown…

Adding Basic controls to the Test Plan
Thread Group control

Right click on the Test Plan and add the Thread Group control.

Note: Thread Group allows us to run script with n no. of users with defined ramp-up period and also the
scheduling of execution.
JDBC Request control

Add the JDBC Request control below the Thread Group.

Note: JDBC Request allows us to run a SQL query, procedure etc.

JDBC Connection Configuration control

Add the JDBC Connection Configuration control to the Test Plan.

Note: JDBC Connection Configuration control is used to configure the database i.e. Oracle, SQL Server etc.

In this control, we need to provide values to the following parameters to communicate with DB server

For Oracle
Database Connection Configuration
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Database URL: jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:IP:service (e.g. IP: 1521, Service: oracle)
JDBC Driver Class: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
Username: Username of the database (e.g. Username: scott)
Password: Password of the user (e.g. Password: tiger)

For SQL Server 2005

Database Connection Configuration
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Database URL: jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=Learn_DB;
JDBC Driver Class: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
Username: Username of the database (e.g. Username: sa)
Password: Password of the user (e.g. Password: password)

Copy this jar file to “lib” folder.

This is jdbc driver for SQL server 2005 [downloaded from Microsoft’s site]

sqljdbc.jar

For MySQL
Database Connection Configuration
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Database URL: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb
JDBC Driver Class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
Username: Username of the database (e.g. Username: guest)
Password: Password of the user (e.g. Password: password)
Where “mydb” is Database Name
E.g. for MySQL is given in jmeter’s user manual
“http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/build-db-test-plan.html”
Copy this jar file to “lib” folder.
This is jdbc driver for MySQL

mysql-connector-jav
a-5.1.20-bin.jar
View Result Tree control

Add the View Result Tree control to the Test Plan.

Note: View Result Tree control is used to view the result of the query executed.

Parameterization
User Parameters Control

1. Add the User Parameters control to the Thread Group.

Note: User Parameters control allows the script to be run with multiple values like username,
password, department no. etc. We can add variables and also provide values of the variable for
multiple users.

2. Pass the variable to the query or procedure.

 Syntax: ${variable_name} (e.g. ${Dept_No})

Sample Query: update dept set loc='JMeter' where deptno=${Dept_No}

Calling Procedure
1. Add the JDBC Request control to the Thread Group.
2. Procedure which we are going to call must exist in database.
3. Type the following command in SQL Query parameter of the JDBC Request control

begin
{call update_DEPT_PKG.update_DEPT(10)};
end;

Whichever procedure we want to call must be inside the begin…end block. Call keyword is used to
call the procedure from the database.