why is 200 Ok is an error

Question

I have VS 2010 and I am running web test against a website that was created in house for the purpose of learning web performance testing.  I get quite a few requests flagged as an error but the status is "200 OK".  In some cases "200 OK" is not an error.  Can you me understand the difference?  How do I debug?

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catherine mayer

Answer 1

Hi,

There can be many reaons for failure like context parameter not found or the expected response url did'nt match.

You should look at the error message in the Details tab for the failed request.

Below links are helpful for debugging web tests:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slumley/archive/2007/04/10/how-to-debug-a-web-test.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/edglas/archive/2010/03/24/web-test-authoring-and-debugging-techniques-for-visual-studio-2010.aspx

Thanks,

Anuj

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http://www.anujchaudhary.com

Answer 2

This is the error in the details:

Response URL           Validation        The value of the ExpectedResponseUrl property 'http://....cloudshare.com/Pages/default.aspx' does not equal the actual response URL 'http://use.cloudshare.com/Ent/HttpAccess.mvc/Splash'.  QueryString parameters were ignored.           

 Is this a hidden or dynamic parameter issue?

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catherine mayer

Answer 3

This looks to be an issue with the expected response url property set for the request.

You can update it http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb514183.aspx

Thanks,

Anuj

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http://www.anujchaudhary.com