DTP plugin can't connect to 10g DB that uses SERVICE_NAME instead of SID

Question

Hi,
I am trying to set up a connection to a database that uses a service name instead of a SID (see below for the TNSNAMES entry. It gets an ORA-12505 error because the listener does not know of SID given in connect descriptor. The Connection descriptor used by the client was:
tdc-sun-77-vip.unix.tdc.xxxyyy.com:1521:SRV_TMS_TNV.
My understanding is that the url for JDBC for service name should use a "/" instead of a ":" to separate the port from the service name. The dialog for creating the connection in SQL Developer has radio buttons to choose between SID and Service Name, so it can generate the url appropriately. The wizard for the Eclipse plugin does not have this option and the plugin always uses a ":" as the separator.
If anyone else has encountered this and gotten around it I would appreciate knowing how.
I am using the Oracle Database Tools 1.2.0.200907171332 for Eclipse Galileo.
Thanks... Bob
AMR01TNV_TMS =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = tdc-sun-77-vip.unix.tdc.xxxyyy.com)(PORT = 1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = tdc-sun-78-vip.unix.tdc.xxxyyy.com)(PORT = 1521))
(LOAD_BALANCE=ON)
(FAILOVER=ON)
(CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = SRV_TMS_TNV)
(FAILOVER_MODE=
(TYPE=select)
(METHOD=basic)
)))

Answer 1

Still broken after two years. Oracle Database Tools version 1.7.2.20110330204, part of OEPE 11.1.1.7.2. Using Oracle Thin Driver ojdbc14 for 10.2.0.2.
(1) Change to Database Development perspective.
(2) In Data Source Explorer, right click Database Connections. Choose Connection Profile Oracle Database Connection.
(3) Name: OEPE Is Broken
(4) Description: Service Names Are Not Supported.
(5) Click on the icon to the right of Drivers: Oracle Thin Driver. This allows one to edit the driver definition.
(6) Change ConnectionURL to 'jdbc:oracle:thin:@server:1521/servicename. This will prove that the plug-in is not using the driver definition as a template.
(7) Use SQL Developer to probe your database. Ensure that the database is one that requires a service name and cannot connect using a SID.
(8) In the "New Connection Profile" dialog....
SID: (try a service name for a database that requires it)
Fill in Host, Port number, User name, and Password.
Note that the ConnectionURL contains a colon instead of a slash in front of the service name. The plug-in seems to be using the colon.
(9) Test Connection
java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
The Connection descriptor used by the client was:
ac4-xxxxx-007-v.ysm.ac4.yahoo.com:1521:acxxxxx.ysm.ac4.yahoo.com
(10) Maybe Test Connection does not work and the plug-in is functional. Click on Finish. No, not the case.
(11) Maybe SID should be