COMMIT SQL - Language Statements COMMIT commit the current transaction 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. COMMIT Message returned if the transaction was successfully committed. WARNING: COMMIT: no transaction in progress Message if there is no transaction in progress. Use to abort a transaction. 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.