How to fix the Oracle error ORA-24073: cannot specify RETENTION_TIME on exception queue string.string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-24073: cannot specify RETENTION_TIME on exception queue string.string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-24073: cannot specify RETENTION_TIME on exception queue string.string

Reason for the Error ORA-24073: cannot specify RETENTION_TIME on exception queue string.string

An attempt was made to create or alter an exception queue by specifying a non-zero RETENTION_TIME.

How to fix the Error ORA-24073: cannot specify RETENTION_TIME on exception queue string.string ?

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

Use the default RETENTION_TIME parameter value for exception queues.