How to fix the Oracle error ORA-31461: logfile location string contains no files that match pattern string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-31461: logfile location string contains no files that match pattern string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-31461: logfile location string contains no files that match pattern string

Reason for the Error ORA-31461: logfile location string contains no files that match pattern string

The directory specification for logfile location for the change source, does not contain any files whose names pattern-match the logfile_suffix.

How to fix the Error ORA-31461: logfile location string contains no files that match pattern string ?

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

1. Make sure that the logfile location contains logfiles whose names match the logfile_suffix pattern for the change set. OR 2. perform ALTER CHANGE SOURCE and change the logfile_suffix such that it matches the names of existing logfiles in the directory