Change Prompt in Sql Plus

Hi
How can I to change Prompt in Sql Plus for to show Enviroment and user ?

this wont work for a pre 10 client.
there you can set the prompt manaualy and this is not dynamic.
make a login.sql
and place the following in the file.
column sqlprompt_col new_value sqlprompt_value
set termout off
define sqlprompt_value='NOT CONNECTED'
select sys_context('userenv','SESSION_USER')||case when sys_context('userenv','ISDBA') = 'TRUE' then ' as sysdba ' end ||'@'||sys_context('userenv','DB_NAME')||sys_context('userenv','INSTANCE') ||'('|| case when instr(sys_context('userenv','HOST'),'.')>1 then substr(sys_context('userenv','HOST'),1,instr(sys_context('userenv','HOST'),'.')-1) else sys_context('userenv','HOST') end ||')' as sqlprompt_col from dual;
set termout on
set sqlprompt '&sqlprompt_value SQL> '
after connecting sqlplus will look for a login.sql file in you present working directory or in its $ORACLE_HOME\sqlplus\admin directory.
if you reconnect is needs to be run again because it is not dynamic.
there is no workaround for pre 10g clients

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