# ABORT - man(7) - [phpMan]

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## 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**,
       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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/BEGIN/7/markdown), [**COMMIT**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/COMMIT/7/markdown), [**ROLLBACK**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ROLLBACK/7/markdown)

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