Yeah, that's why I use this i.sql script I posted earlier - it reports the instance details from v$instance directly. Before changing anything in a DB, I run that script to verify where I'm logged on, regardless what my sql prompt or window title says.. -- Regards, Tanel Poder http://blog.tanelpoder.com <http://blog.tanelpoder.com/> _____ From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 01:26 To: tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx Cc: Michael.Coll-Barth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l Subject: Re: SQL*Plus Client on Windows On 9/8/07, Tanel Poder <tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx> wrote: Here's my i.sql which I use both for identifying where I'm logged on before doing any changes to database, plus it is called through login.sql. The window title change happens on the last line: There is one small problem with that approach: If you use 'connect' within sqlplus, and sqlplus is < 10g your title will not change, and you may become confused as to which system you are really on.