Client Tools :: Cannot Connect Using JDBC Oracle Thin Client With (New Method)?

The problem is that this connection errors when I try to connect using my SQuirreL client. My developers want to connecting using the SID or the SERVICE_NAME and by using the "New Method" syntax, not the "Old Method" syntax. According to the documentation the "New Method" syntax works with the SERVICE_NAME or the SID. The "Old Method" only works with the SID.

# Host name is vmwwin7634.na.SAS.com
# SID is sting2
# SERVICE_NAME is sting2.na.sas.com

PROBLEM using SID errors ==> jdbc:oracle:thin:@vmwwin7634.na.SAS.com:1521/sting2
THIS WORKS using SERVICE_NAME ==> jdbc:oracle:thin:@vmwwin7634.na.SAS.com:1521/sting2.na.sas.com

I am using SQuirreL Client version 3.4.0

# Here is the tnsnames.ora entry on the server.
STING2 =
(DESCRIPTION =

[code]...

# In this documentation it says, "On new syntax SERVICE may be a oracle service name or a SID."You can find this on the orafax wiki under JDBC#Thin_driver.

# I was able to connect with the "old method" using the SID only, SERVICE_NAME errors jdbc:oracle:thin:@vmwwin7634.na.SAS.com:1521:sting2.na.sas.com
(SQuirreL client error, "Unexpected Error occurred attempting to open an SQL connection.")
jdbc:oracle:thin:@vmwwin7634.na.SAS.com:1521:sting2 (this works)

# "New Method"
jdbc:oracle:thin:@vmwwin7634.na.SAS.com:1521/sting2.na.sas.com (this works)
jdbc:oracle:thin:@vmwwin7634.na.SAS.com:1521/sting2 (this errors)
(SQuirreL client error, "Unexpected Error occurred attempting to open an SQL connection.")