How do I use Selenium to verify the value in a form row?

Question

I have an HTML-based data entry form that submits data to a server. Before submission, the form's row labeled 'RecordNumber' should be blank; after submission (to a server loaded with test data) that row should display the value '1'.

How can I use Selenium to verify this outcome? I have figured out how record the steps with Selenium, but can't figure out the verification bit.

Thank you.

Answer 1

For Selenium IDE it would be something like

<tr>
    <td>verifyValue</td>
    <td>RecordNumber</td>
    <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>click</td>
    <td>submitButton</td>
    <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>waitForValue</td>
    <td>RecordNumber</td>
    <td>1</td>
</tr>

and then for Selenium RC using Java that would be

    verifyEquals("", selenium.getValue("RecordNumber"));
    selenium.click("submitButton");
    for (int second = 0;; second++) {
        if (second >= 60) fail("timeout");
        try { if ("1".equals(selenium.getValue("RecordNumber"))) break; } catch (Exception e) {}
        Thread.sleep(1000);
    }

Answer 2

You can use the TestPlan frontend to selenium in which case the code looks something like this:

Checkpoint eqString %Codes:EMPTYSTR% (getFormParam id:myForm RecordValue) 
SubmitForm with
  %Form% id:myForm
  %Params% with
    ...
  end
end
Checkpoint eqString 1 (getFormParam id:myForm RecordValue) 

That's assuming you have forms. If you have just have data in static tables the Check syntax is easier.

Check //td[@id='RecordValue'][text()='1']