LB> However, I really think that access through a * LB> -Djavax.faces.ProjectStage=Development* system property is simple, and LB> understandable. It doesn't take much work to figure out how to use it, much LB> less potentially confusing than configuring JNDI and it's mapping in LB> web.xml. For the record, the Servlet EG was STRONGLY against a system property because such values are VM wide, whereas the intent of the ProjectStage value was designed to be application wide. Does anyone HERE, in *this* EG, agree with this particular argument from the Servlet EG? Ed -- | ed.burns(a)sun.com | office: 408 884 9519 OR x31640 | homepage: | http://ridingthecrest.com/