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ROLLBACK(7)                        PostgreSQL 16.14 Documentation                        ROLLBACK(7)

NAME
       ROLLBACK - abort the current transaction

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

DESCRIPTION
       ROLLBACK rolls back the current transaction and causes all the updates made by the
       transaction to be discarded.

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

       AND CHAIN
           If AND CHAIN is specified, a new (not aborted) 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 to successfully terminate a transaction.

       Issuing ROLLBACK outside of a transaction block emits a warning and otherwise has no effect.
       ROLLBACK AND CHAIN outside of a transaction block is an error.

EXAMPLES
       To abort all changes:

           ROLLBACK;

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

SEE ALSO
       BEGIN(7), COMMIT(7), ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT (ROLLBACK_TO_SAVEPOINT(7))

PostgreSQL 16.14                                2026                                     ROLLBACK(7)