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.\" Date: 2017-11-06
.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation
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.TH "ABORT" "7" "2017-11-06" "PostgreSQL 9.2.24" "PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
ABORT \- abort the current transaction
.\" ABORT
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
ABORT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBABORT\fR
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 standard
SQL
command
\fBROLLBACK\fR(7), and is present only for historical reasons\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
WORK, TRANSACTION
.RS 4
Optional key words\&. They have no effect\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
Use
\fBCOMMIT\fR(7)
to successfully terminate a transaction\&.
.PP
Issuing
\fBABORT\fR
when not inside a transaction does no harm, but it will provoke a warning message\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
To abort all changes:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ABORT;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
This command is a
PostgreSQL
extension present for historical reasons\&.
\fBROLLBACK\fR
is the equivalent standard SQL command\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBBEGIN\fR(7), \fBCOMMIT\fR(7), \fBROLLBACK\fR(7)
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