How to fix the Oracle error ORA-26699: string message consumer string already exists?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-26699: string message consumer string already exists with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-26699: string message consumer string already exists

Reason for the Error ORA-26699: string message consumer string already exists

An attempt was made to create a GoldenGate, XStream or Streams message consumer that already exists.

How to fix the Error ORA-26699: string message consumer string already exists ?

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

Either specify another message consumer or remove the existing GoldenGate, XStream or Streams message consumer.