> We have some working tomcat 6 instances that we'd like to identify
Can you use the combination of machine and schema name to identify the instance? You didn't detail your environment, but if you have a cluster, then the machine name would uniquely identify the instance. If you have multiple different instances on the same machine, then surely the schema name would allow you to identify which user it is? This covers all possibilities unless you have different apps on the same machine in different tomcat instances talking to the same schema. Chris