How to fix the Oracle error ORA-25211: invalid DELAY specified when using sequence deviation?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-25211: invalid DELAY specified when using sequence deviation with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-25211: invalid DELAY specified when using sequence deviation

Reason for the Error ORA-25211: invalid DELAY specified when using sequence deviation

The DELAY specified in the enqueue is greater than the delay of the message with the given relative message id.

How to fix the Error ORA-25211: invalid DELAY specified when using sequence deviation ?

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

Set the DELAY to be less than or equal to the delay of the message with the given relative message id. If the TOP option is used the delay must be less than or equal to the delay of all the messages in the queue.