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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/rollback.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-rollback">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-rollback">
+ <primary>ROLLBACK</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>ROLLBACK</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ROLLBACK</refname>
+ <refpurpose>abort the current transaction</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+ROLLBACK [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] [ AND [ NO ] CHAIN ]
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>ROLLBACK</command> rolls back the current transaction and causes
+ all the updates made by the transaction to be discarded.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="sql-rollback-chain">
+ <primary>chained transactions</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>WORK</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>TRANSACTION</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Optional key words. They have no effect.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="sql-rollback-chain">
+ <term><literal>AND CHAIN</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If <literal>AND CHAIN</literal> is specified, a new transaction is
+ immediately started with the same transaction characteristics (see <xref
+ linkend="sql-set-transaction"/>) as the just finished one. Otherwise,
+ no new transaction is started.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Use <link linkend="sql-commit"><command>COMMIT</command></link> to
+ successfully terminate a transaction.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Issuing <command>ROLLBACK</command> outside of a transaction
+ block emits a warning and otherwise has no effect. <command>ROLLBACK AND
+ CHAIN</command> outside of a transaction block is an error.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>
+ To abort all changes:
+<programlisting>
+ROLLBACK;
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The command <command>ROLLBACK</command> conforms to the SQL standard. The
+ form <literal>ROLLBACK TRANSACTION</literal> is a PostgreSQL extension.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-begin"/></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-commit"/></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-rollback-to"/></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>