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JackStoneS
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8 years ago
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NullPointerException on XPathContains (JDBC-teststep): why?

I have a JDBC-teststep, requesting some info from a database. I get some rows back, and want to assert their validity with an XPathContains. For the first row, this works: the data matches and the ...
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    nmrao
    8 years ago
    Glad to know that it worked.

    As mentionedarlier, list order of Rows may get changed.

    Below should have worked too(it is different from initial reply)
    //Results/ResultSet/Row[@rowNumber='2']

    I think you should rely on VISSOORT is DAB.

    Hope this helps. You can close it by accepting the solution if you wish.
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nmrao
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8 years ago

Can you try the below

 

//Results/ResultSet[Row[@rowNumber='2']]/Row

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    JackStoneS
    Occasional Contributor
    8 years ago

    That expression seems to match all of the rows:

     

    XPathContains assertion failed for path [//Results/ResultSet[Row[@rowNumber='2']]/Row] : Exception:org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Diff [different] Expected attribute value '2' but was '6' - comparing at /Row[1]/@rowNumber to at /Row[1]/@rowNumber

     

    Select from current: "More than one match in current response"

     

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      nmrao
      Champion Level 3
      8 years ago

      Sorry about it, try this one:

       

      //Results/ResultSet/Row[@rowNumber='2']

       

      Even the above may fail at times if the row order changes, in that case you may use below one as Value of VISSOORT is DAB

       

       

      //Results/ResultSet/Row[VISSOORT='DAB']

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        JackStoneS
        Occasional Contributor
        8 years ago

        The XPath with VISSOORT='DAB' works, but for the @rowNumber='2', but I get the same NullPointerException.

         

        Could you explain why this works? Both of the XPaths should give the same row back. Why does one fail?