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ABORT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.3.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
<code class="command">ABORT</code> 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 <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> command
<a class="xref" href="sql-rollback.html" title="ROLLBACK"><span class="refentrytitle">ROLLBACK</span></a>,
and is present only for historical reasons.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.3.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">WORK</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">TRANSACTION</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Optional key words. They have no effect.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.3.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
Use <a class="xref" href="sql-commit.html" title="COMMIT"><span class="refentrytitle">COMMIT</span></a> to
successfully terminate a transaction.
</p><p>
Issuing <code class="command">ABORT</code> outside of a transaction block
emits a warning and otherwise has no effect.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.3.8"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
To abort all changes:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
ABORT;
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.3.9"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
This command is a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> extension
present for historical reasons. <code class="command">ROLLBACK</code> is the
equivalent standard SQL command.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.3.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-begin.html" title="BEGIN"><span class="refentrytitle">BEGIN</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-commit.html" title="COMMIT"><span class="refentrytitle">COMMIT</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-rollback.html" title="ROLLBACK"><span class="refentrytitle">ROLLBACK</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-commands.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-alteraggregate.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">SQL Commands </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> ALTER AGGREGATE</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
