commit-work-transact-sql.md

title	COMMIT WORK (Transact-SQL)
description	COMMIT WORK (Transact-SQL)
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COMMIT WORK (Transact-SQL)

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Marks the end of a transaction.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: 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.

Permissions

Requires membership in the public role.

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