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Peter Eisentraut 2b84cbb60f A few minor psql enhancements
Initdb help correction
Changed end/abort to commit/rollback and changed related notices
Commented out way old printing functions in libpq
Fixed a typo in alter table / alter column
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Postgres documentation
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<refentry id="SQL-COMMIT">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-COMMIT-TITLE">
COMMIT
</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>
COMMIT
</refname>
<refpurpose>
Commits the current transaction
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsynopsisdivinfo>
<date>1999-07-20</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
COMMIT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ]
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-COMMIT-1">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Inputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>WORK</term>
<term>TRANSACTION</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Optional keywords. They have no effect.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-COMMIT-2">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Outputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>
COMMIT
</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Message returned if the transaction is successfully committed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>
NOTICE: COMMIT: no transaction in progress
</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If there is no transaction in progress.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-COMMIT-1">
<refsect1info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
</refsect1info>
<title>
Description
</title>
<para>
<command>COMMIT</command> commits the current transaction. All
changes made by the transaction become visible to others
and are guaranteed to be durable if a crash occurs.
</para>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-COMMIT-3">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Notes
</title>
<para>
The keywords WORK and TRANSACTION are noise and can be omitted.
</para>
<para>
Use <xref linkend="SQL-ROLLBACK-TITLE" endterm="SQL-ROLLBACK-TITLE">
to abort a transaction.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-COMMIT-2">
<title>
Usage
</title>
<para>
To make all changes permanent:
<programlisting>
COMMIT WORK;
</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-COMMIT-3">
<title>
Compatibility
</title>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-COMMIT-4">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
SQL92
</title>
<para>
<acronym>SQL92</acronym> only specifies the two forms <literal>COMMIT</literal>
and <literal>COMMIT WORK</literal>. Otherwise full compatibility.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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