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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.