How to fix the Oracle error ORA-25246: listen failed, the address string is an 8.0 style exception queue?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-25246: listen failed, the address string is an 8.0 style exception queue with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-25246: listen failed, the address string is an 8.0 style exception queue

Reason for the Error ORA-25246: listen failed, the address string is an 8.0 style exception queue

An 8.0 style exception queue was specified in the agent-list for the LISTEN call.

How to fix the Error ORA-25246: listen failed, the address string is an 8.0 style exception queue ?

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

Specify a normal 8.0 style queue or an 8.1 style queue in the agent-list.