COMMIT
COMMIT — commit the current transaction
Synopsis
COMMIT [ AUTONOMOUS ] [ 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
AUTONOMOUSOptional key word that can be used when committing an autonomous transaction. For details on autonomous transactions, seeChapter 16.
WORKTRANSACTIONOptional key words. They have no effect.
AND CHAINIf
AND CHAINis specified, a new transaction is immediately started with the same transaction characteristics (seeSET TRANSACTION) as the just finished one. Otherwise, no new transaction is started.
Notes
UseROLLBACK to abort a transaction.
IssuingCOMMIT 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 commandCOMMIT conforms to the SQL standard. The formCOMMIT TRANSACTION is a Postgres Pro extension.