COMMIT
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## COMMIT

COMMIT — commit the current transaction

## Synopsis

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

## Description

COMMIT commits the current transaction. All changes made by the transaction become visible to others and are guaranteed to be durable if a crash occurs.

## Parameters

`WORK`
`TRANSACTION`

  Optional key words. They have no effect.

`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.

## Notes

Use ROLLBACK to abort a transaction.

Issuing COMMIT when not inside a transaction does no harm, but it will provoke a warning message. COMMIT AND CHAIN when not inside a transaction is an error.

## Examples

To commit the current transaction and make all changes permanent:

    COMMIT;

## Compatibility

The command COMMIT conforms to the SQL standard. The form `COMMIT TRANSACTION` is a PostgreSQL extension.

## See Also

BEGIN, ROLLBACK

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