PostgreSQL 7.2.1 Documentation
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COMMIT

Name

COMMIT  --  commit the current transaction

Synopsis

COMMIT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]

Inputs

WORK
TRANSACTION

Optional keywords. They have no effect.

Outputs

COMMIT

Message returned if the transaction is successfully committed.

NOTICE: COMMIT: no transaction in progress

If there is no transaction in progress.

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.

Notes

The keywords WORK and TRANSACTION are noise and can be omitted.

Use ROLLBACK to abort a transaction.

Usage

To make all changes permanent: 

COMMIT WORK;

Compatibility

SQL92

SQL92 only specifies the two forms COMMIT and COMMIT WORK. Otherwise full compatibility.

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