ROLLBACK
ROLLBACK — abort the current transaction
Synopsis
ROLLBACK [ AUTONOMOUS ] [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]
Description
ROLLBACK
rolls back the current transaction and causes all the updates made by the transaction to be discarded.
Parameters
AUTONOMOUS
Optional key word that can be used when aborting an autonomous transaction. For details on autonomous transactions, see Chapter 16.
WORK
TRANSACTION
Optional key words. They have no effect.
Notes
Use COMMIT to successfully terminate a transaction.
Issuing ROLLBACK
outside of a transaction block emits a warning and otherwise has no effect.
Examples
To abort all changes:
ROLLBACK;
Compatibility
The SQL standard only specifies the two forms ROLLBACK
and ROLLBACK WORK
. Otherwise, this command is fully conforming.