selenium.open() becomes unresponsive in an iterative test

Question

I have a set of test steps that I have to execute with different parameters. I have scripted this in Eclipse/TestNG, driven by the parameters supplied via an excel sheet. Now, the test steps involve setting the property of a page, and then opening another page to confirm that the property is set. So, in effect, I use a simple selenium.open("my_first_url"); at the beginning of the test, set the property, and then another selenium.open("my_second_url"); to open the other url where the assertion is performed. There are about 9-10 sets of test data.

Here's the problem- By the time the test iterates through the 4th iteration, selenium RC simply pauses (hangs?) at the selenium.open(...); command. I have noticed this happening before, but simply thought of it as a test anomaly.

Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Add below line above selenium.open() method

selenium.setTimeout("0");

Answer 2

I'm still not sure of what causes this in FF. To work around, I upgraded to the alpha release of the selenium server 2.0.