# ROLLBACK

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 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 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, COMMIT, ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT