How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24018: STOP_QUEUE on string failed, outstanding transactions found?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24018: STOP_QUEUE on string failed, outstanding transactions found with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24018: STOP_QUEUE on string failed, outstanding transactions found

Reason for the Error ORA-24018: STOP_QUEUE on string failed, outstanding transactions found

There were outstanding transactions on the queue, and WAIT was set to false, so STOP_QUEUE was unsucessful in stopping the queue.

How to fix the Error ORA-24018: STOP_QUEUE on string failed, outstanding transactions found ?

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

Set WAIT to TRUE and try STOP_QUEUE again. It will hang till all outstanding transactions are completed.