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Definition¶
-
abortTransaction
¶ New in version 4.0.
Terminates the multi-document transaction and rolls back any data changes made by the operations within the transaction. That is, the transaction ends without saving any of the changes made by the operations in the transaction.
Tip
In the mongo Shell, this command can also be run through the
Session.abortTransaction
helper method.Helper methods are convenient for mongo users, but they may not return the same level of information as database commands. In cases where the convenience is not needed or the additional return fields are required, use the database command.
To run the
abortTransaction
, the command must be run against theadmin
database and run within aSession
.The command has the following syntax: