ABORT(7)                          PostgreSQL 12.3 Documentation                          ABORT(7)



NAME
       ABORT - abort the current transaction

SYNOPSIS
       ABORT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] [ AND [ NO ] CHAIN ]

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 standard SQL
       command ROLLBACK(7), and is present only for historical reasons.

PARAMETERS
       WORK
       TRANSACTION
           Optional key words. They have no effect.

       AND CHAIN
           If AND CHAIN is specified, a new transaction is immediately started with the same
           transaction characteristics (see SET TRANSACTION (SET_TRANSACTION(7))) as the just
           finished one. Otherwise, no new transaction is started.

NOTES
       Use COMMIT(7) to successfully terminate a transaction.

       Issuing ABORT outside of a transaction block emits a warning and otherwise has no effect.

EXAMPLES
       To abort all changes:

           ABORT;

COMPATIBILITY
       This command is a PostgreSQL extension present for historical reasons.  ROLLBACK is the
       equivalent standard SQL command.

SEE ALSO
       BEGIN(7), COMMIT(7), ROLLBACK(7)



PostgreSQL 12.3                                2020                                      ABORT(7)