ABORT(7)

💅 ABORT(7) — the "nvm, undo" button

okay so bestie, this one's from the PostgreSQL 16.15 docs and it's literally called ABORT in section 7 (that's the man page section, iykyk) 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ABORT — abort the current transaction 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so ABORT rolls back the current transaction and causes all the updates made by the transaction to be discarded. like, poof, gone, never happened 💀

the way this command works? it's identical in behavior to the standard SQL command ROLLBACK. and it's present only for historical reasons — so it's giving legacy icon, not main character energy. it exists, it's valid, it's just... old 💅

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🍓 PARAMETERS 🍓

• WORK, TRANSACTION — optional key words. they have no effect. literally nothing. decorative. cute little filler words, no cap 🌸
• AND CHAIN — if AND CHAIN is specified, a new transaction is immediately started with the same transaction characteristics (see SET TRANSACTION) as the just finished one. otherwise, no new transaction is started. so like, one ends, the next one slides right in wearing the same outfit 👑✨

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🧚 NOTES 🧚

• use COMMIT to successfully terminate a transaction. that's the "yes bestie, keep it" button 💖
• issuing ABORT outside of a transaction block emits a warning and otherwise has no effect. so it'll be like "girl, there's nothing to abort" and then just vibes there 🙈

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

to abort all changes:

ABORT;

and that's it, that's the whole thing, so simple, so iconic ⭐

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🌈 COMPATIBILITY 🌈

this command is a PostgreSQL extension present for historical reasons. ROLLBACK is the equivalent standard SQL command. so if you're out here writing portable SQL, ROLLBACK is the one to reach for, bestie 🫶

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

BEGIN(7), COMMIT(7), ROLLBACK(7)

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ngl, ABORT is the "ctrl+z for your whole transaction" and honestly? we love a dramatic full reset 💅

okay that's the whole page! brought to you by PostgreSQL 16.15, dated 2026 — mwah, go forth and roll back responsibly 💖🎀🦋