ABORT(7) SQL Commands ABORT(7)
NAME
ABORT - abort the current transaction
SYNOPSIS
ABORT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]
INPUTS
None.
OUTPUTS
ROLLBACK
Message returned if successful.
WARNING: ROLLBACK: no transaction in progress
If there is not any transaction currently in progress.
DESCRIPTION
ABORT rolls back the current transaction and causes all the updates made by the transaction to be discarded. This command is identical in
behavior to the SQL92 command ROLLBACK, and is present only for historical reasons.
NOTES
Use COMMIT to successfully terminate a transaction.
USAGE
To abort all changes:
ABORT WORK;
COMPATIBILITY
SQL92
This command is a PostgreSQL extension present for historical reasons. ROLLBACK is the SQL92 equivalent command.
SQL - Language Statements 2002-11-22 ABORT(7)
