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# COMMIT WORK (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-asdb-xxxx-xxx-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-asdb-xxxx-xxx-md.md)]

  Marks the end of a transaction.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## 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)](../../t-sql/language-elements/begin-distributed-transaction-transact-sql.md)   
 [BEGIN TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/begin-transaction-transact-sql.md)   
 [COMMIT TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/commit-transaction-transact-sql.md)   
 [ROLLBACK TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/rollback-transaction-transact-sql.md)   
 [ROLLBACK WORK (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/rollback-work-transact-sql.md)   
 [SAVE TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/save-transaction-transact-sql.md)   
 [@@TRANCOUNT (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/trancount-transact-sql.md)