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## ABORT

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`](sql-rollback.html), 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`](sql-set-transaction.html)) as the just finished one. Otherwise, no new transaction is started.

## Notes

 Use [`COMMIT`](sql-commit.html) 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](sql-begin.html), [COMMIT](sql-commit.html), [ROLLBACK](sql-rollback.html)

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