ROLLBACK TO 
SAVEPOINT(7)                                           SQL Commands                                           ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT(7)

NAME

       ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT - roll back to a savepoint

SYNOPSIS

       ROLLBACK [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] TO [ SAVEPOINT ] savepoint_name

DESCRIPTION

       Roll  back all commands that were executed after the savepoint was established. The savepoint remains valid and can be rolled back to again
       later, if needed.

       ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT implicitly destroys all savepoints that were established after the named savepoint.

PARAMETERS

       savepoint_name
              The savepoint to roll back to.

NOTES

       Use RELEASE SAVEPOINT [release_savepoint(7)] to destroy a savepoint without discarding the effects of commands executed after it was estab-
       lished.

       Specifying a savepoint name that has not been established is an error.

       Cursors  have  somewhat  non-transactional behavior with respect to savepoints. Any cursor that is opened inside a savepoint will be closed
       when the savepoint is rolled back. If a previously opened cursor is affected by a FETCH command inside a savepoint  that  is  later  rolled
       back,  the cursor position remains at the position that FETCH left it pointing to (that is, FETCH is not rolled back).  Closing a cursor is
       not undone by rolling back, either.  A cursor whose execution causes a transaction to abort is put in a cannot-execute state, so while  the
       transaction can be restored using ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT, the cursor can no longer be used.

EXAMPLES

       To undo the effects of the commands executed after my_savepoint was established:

       ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT my_savepoint;

       Cursor positions are not affected by savepoint rollback:

       BEGIN;

       DECLARE foo CURSOR FOR SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2;

       SAVEPOINT foo;

       FETCH 1 FROM foo;
        ?column?
       ----------
               1

       ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT foo;

       FETCH 1 FROM foo;
        ?column?
       ----------
               2

       COMMIT;

COMPATIBILITY

       The  SQL  standard  specifies  that  the key word SAVEPOINT is mandatory, but PostgreSQL and Oracle allow it to be omitted. SQL allows only
       WORK, not TRANSACTION, as a noise word after ROLLBACK. Also, SQL has an optional clause AND [ NO ] CHAIN which is not  currently  supported
       by PostgreSQL. Otherwise, this command conforms to the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO

       BEGIN [begin(7)], COMMIT [commit(7)], RELEASE SAVEPOINT [release_savepoint(7)], ROLLBACK [rollback(7)], SAVEPOINT [savepoint(7)]

SQL - Language Statements                                           2010-05-14                                            ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT(7)