How to fix the Oracle error ORA-31463: logfile location string is an empty directory?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-31463: logfile location string is an empty directory with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-31463: logfile location string is an empty directory

Reason for the Error ORA-31463: logfile location string is an empty directory

The directory specification for logfile location for the change source, is an empty directory

How to fix the Error ORA-31463: logfile location string is an empty directory ?

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

1. Make sure it is the correct location of the logfiles. If it is, make sure the directory contains logfiles. OR 2. perform ALTER CHANGE SOURCE and change the logfile_location to be an existing directory that contains the logfiles