COMMIT(7)

✨ COMMIT(7) ✨

okay bestie, so you know how you're in the middle of a transaction and you're like... should I keep this or not? this is the "keep it" button 💖 it's giving main character energy for your data fr fr

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🌸 NAME 🌸

COMMIT — commit the current transaction

like, actually save it, no take-backsies

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

COMMIT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] [ AND [ NO ] CHAIN ]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one command, so much power 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

COMMIT commits the current transaction. literally what it says on the tin, bestie.

so here's the tea: all the changes you made in this transaction become visible to everyone else, and they're guaranteed to be durable if a crash occurs. like, even if the server just ✨perishes✨, your data is SAFE. that's the whole point. no cap. 🔥

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🌈 PARAMETERS 🌈

• WORK optional keyword. does absolutely nothing. it's purely for the aesthetic. use it if it makes you feel fancy 🎀
• TRANSACTION also optional, also does nothing. same vibe. literally just there to look cute alongside WORK. pick your fighter, it doesn't matter 💅
• AND CHAIN okay so if you specify AND CHAIN, a brand new transaction starts immediately with the same transaction characteristics as the one you just finished. (peep SET TRANSACTION in SET_TRANSACTION(7) for the deets on those characteristics, iykyk)

if you don't say AND CHAIN? no new transaction. you're free. go touch grass. 🌱

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⭐ NOTES ⭐

bestie listen up, this is important:

use ROLLBACK(7) to abort a transaction. different vibe entirely. that's the "nvm undo" button.

issuing COMMIT when you're not inside a transaction? does no harm, but it will provoke a warning message. like when you text someone and they leave you on read but with a little "hey are you okay?" notification. mildly embarrassing but survivable 😭

⚠️ but — COMMIT AND CHAIN when you're not inside a transaction is an actual ERROR. not a warning. a whole error. do not pass go. 💀

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

to commit the current transaction and make all your changes permanent (the moment of truth, the grand finale, the slay):

COMMIT;

that's it. that's the whole example. iconic. 👑

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💜 COMPATIBILITY 💜

the command COMMIT conforms to the SQL standard. ✨ we love a standards-compliant queen ✨

but heads up — the form COMMIT TRANSACTION is a PostgreSQL extension. so it's not standard SQL, it's just a lil PostgreSQL flex. you're welcome 🫶

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• BEGIN(7)
• ROLLBACK(7)

(that's "start the transaction" and "never mind" — the whole trio, the holy trinity of transaction vibes 🧚)

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and that's the page bestie!! from the PostgreSQL 13.23 docs, dated 2025, with love 💖 stay transactional, stay iconic ✨