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ABORT

Name

ABORT — Aborts the current transaction
ABORT

Inputs

None.

Outputs

ABORT

Message returned if successful.

NOTICE: UserAbortTransactionBlock and not in in-progress state ABORT

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 the COMMIT statement to successfully terminate a transaction.

Usage

--To abort all changes
--
ABORT WORK;

Compatibility

SQL92

This command is a Postgres extension present for historical reasons. ROLLBACK is the SQL92 equivalent command.