Oracle / PLSQL: ORA-00051 Error Message

Learn the cause and how to resolve the ORA-00051 error message in Oracle.

Description

When you encounter an ORA-00051 error, the following error message will appear:

• ORA-00051: time-out occurred while waiting for resource

Cause

You were waiting for a resource and you timed out. This may have been caused by an Oracle instance abnormally terminating.

Resolution

The option(s) to resolve this Oracle error are:

Option #1

Restart the Oracle instance.