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ABORT(7) PostgreSQL 14.23 Documentation ABORT(7)

📝 NAME

ABORT - abort the current transaction

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Abort current transaction	ABORT;	Rolls back all changes made in the current transaction
Abort and start new transaction	ABORT AND CHAIN;	Rolls back and immediately starts a new transaction with same characteristics
Abort with explicit keywords	ABORT WORK; or ABORT TRANSACTION;	Same as plain ABORT, keywords are optional and have no effect

📋 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, 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) as the just finished one. Otherwise, no new transaction is started.

📝 NOTES

Use COMMIT 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 14.23 2026 ABORT(7)

📝 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 📋 SYNOPSIS 📖 DESCRIPTION ⚙️ PARAMETERS 📝 NOTES 💡 EXAMPLES 🔄 COMPATIBILITY 📚 SEE ALSO