## RELEASE SAVEPOINT

RELEASE SAVEPOINT — destroy a previously defined savepoint

## Synopsis

```
RELEASE [ SAVEPOINT ] savepoint_name

```

## Description

`RELEASE SAVEPOINT` destroys a savepoint previously defined in the current transaction.

 Destroying a savepoint makes it unavailable as a rollback point, but it has no other user visible behavior. It does not undo the effects of commands executed after the savepoint was established. (To do that, see [ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT](sql-rollback-to.html).) Destroying a savepoint when it is no longer needed allows the system to reclaim some resources earlier than transaction end.

`RELEASE SAVEPOINT` also destroys all savepoints that were established after the named savepoint was established.

## Parameters

*`savepoint_name`*

 The name of the savepoint to destroy.

## Notes

 Specifying a savepoint name that was not previously defined is an error.

 It is not possible to release a savepoint when the transaction is in an aborted state.

 If multiple savepoints have the same name, only the one that was most recently defined is released.

## Examples

 To establish and later destroy a savepoint:

```
BEGIN;
    INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (3);
    SAVEPOINT my_savepoint;
    INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (4);
    RELEASE SAVEPOINT my_savepoint;
COMMIT;

```

 The above transaction will insert both 3 and 4.

## Compatibility

 This command conforms to the SQL standard. The standard specifies that the key word `SAVEPOINT` is mandatory, but PostgreSQL allows it to be omitted.

## See Also

[BEGIN](sql-begin.html), [COMMIT](sql-commit.html), [ROLLBACK](sql-rollback.html), [ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT](sql-rollback-to.html), [SAVEPOINT](sql-savepoint.html)