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ABORT
Name
ABORT -- abort the current transaction
Synopsis
ABORT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]
Outputs
- ROLLBACK
-
Message returned if successful.
- NOTICE: 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.