commit-work-transact-sql.md

title	COMMIT WORK (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs
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COMMIT WORK (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server SQL Database]

Marks the end of a transaction.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

  
COMMIT [ WORK ]  
[ ; ]  

Remarks

This statement functions identically to COMMIT TRANSACTION, except COMMIT TRANSACTION accepts a user-defined transaction name. This COMMIT syntax, with or without specifying the optional keyword WORK, is compatible with SQL-92.

See Also

BEGIN DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)
BEGIN TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)
COMMIT TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)
ROLLBACK WORK (Transact-SQL)
SAVE TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)
@@TRANCOUNT (Transact-SQL)