COMMIT 7 SQL - Language Statements COMMIT commit the current transaction COMMIT COMMIT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] 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. WORK TRANSACTION Optional key words. They have no effect. Use to abort a transaction. Issuing COMMIT when not inside a transaction does no harm, but it will provoke a warning message. To commit the current transaction and make all changes permanent: COMMIT; The SQL standard only specifies the two forms COMMIT and COMMIT WORK. Otherwise, this command is fully conforming.