COMMIT(7) PostgreSQL 16.3 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 16.3 2024 COMMIT(7)