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COMMIT(7)                          PostgreSQL 16.14 Documentation                          COMMIT(7)

NAME
       COMMIT - commit the current transaction

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

DESCRIPTION
       COMMIT commits the current transaction. All changes made by the transaction become visible to
       others and are guaranteed to be durable if a crash occurs.

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 ROLLBACK(7) to abort a transaction.

       Issuing COMMIT when not inside a transaction does no harm, but it will provoke a warning
       message.  COMMIT AND CHAIN when not inside a transaction is an error.

EXAMPLES
       To commit the current transaction and make all changes permanent:

           COMMIT;

COMPATIBILITY
       The command COMMIT conforms to the SQL standard. The form COMMIT TRANSACTION is a PostgreSQL
       extension.

SEE ALSO
       BEGIN(7), ROLLBACK(7)

PostgreSQL 16.14                                2026                                       COMMIT(7)