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Commit (SQL)

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A COMMIT statement in SQL ends a transaction within a relational database management system (RDBMS) and makes all changes visible to other users. The general format is to issue a BEGIN WORK statement, one or more SQL statements, and then the COMMIT statement. Alternatively, a ROLLBACK statement can be issued, which undoes all the work performed since BEGIN WORK was issued.

A COMMIT statement will also release any existing savepoints that may be in use.

See Two-phase commit, Commit, Atomic commit