How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24014: invalid value string, RETENTION_TIME should be FOREVER or non-negative?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24014: invalid value string, RETENTION_TIME should be FOREVER or non-negative with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24014: invalid value string, RETENTION_TIME should be FOREVER or non-negative

Reason for the Error ORA-24014: invalid value string, RETENTION_TIME should be FOREVER or non-negative

Queue retention was specified, but the retention time was specified to be less than zero.

How to fix the Error ORA-24014: invalid value string, RETENTION_TIME should be FOREVER or non-negative ?

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

Specify the retention time to be non-negative or FOREVER. Alternately don’t specify retention.