ABORT(7)                 PostgreSQL 16.2 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, 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 16.2                      2024                             ABORT(7)