This documentation is for an unsupported version of PostgreSQL.
You may want to view the same page for the
current
version, or one of the other supported versions listed above instead.
Name
ROLLBACK -- Aborts the current
transaction
Synopsis
ROLLBACK [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]
Outputs
- ABORT
-
Message returned if successful.
- NOTICE: ROLLBACK: no
transaction in progress
-
If there is not any transaction currently in
progress.
Description
ROLLBACK rolls back the current
transaction and causes all the updates made by the transaction to
be discarded.
Notes
Use COMMIT to
successfully terminate a transaction. ABORT is a synonym for ROLLBACK.
Usage
To abort all changes:
ROLLBACK WORK;
Compatibility
SQL92
SQL92 only specifies the two
forms ROLLBACK and ROLLBACK WORK. Otherwise full compatibility.