2.10. ROLLBACK

2.10.1. Syntax

ROLLBACK [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]
WORK
Optional keyword. It has no effect.
TRANSACTION
Optional keyword. It has no effect.

2.10.2. Overview

ROLLBACK rolls back the current transaction and causes all the updates made by the transaction to be discarded.

Use COMMIT to successfully terminate a transaction.

Issuing ROLLBACK when not inside a transaction does no harm, but it will provoke a warning message.

2.10.3. Compatibility

The SQL standard only specifies the two forms ROLLBACK and ROLLBACK WORK.

2.10.4. See Also