How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16070: parameter string contains an invalid REGISTER attribute value?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16070: parameter string contains an invalid REGISTER attribute value with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16070: parameter string contains an invalid REGISTER attribute value

Reason for the Error ORA-16070: parameter string contains an invalid REGISTER attribute value

The value for the specified LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n (n = 1…31) parameter contained a REGISTER attribute that specified an invalid file name template string. If specified, the REGISTER file name template string must indicate an O/S-specific file path name including thread and log sequence number substitution directives (%t, %T, %s, %S).

How to fix the Error ORA-16070: parameter string contains an invalid REGISTER attribute value ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Correct the value for the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n parameter.