Savepoint

A savepoint is a marker or point in an transaction to which you can later roll back.

Example

DELETE FROM dept WHERE deptno = 123;
SAVEPOINT step1;

INSERT INTO dept VALUES (123, 'Editors', Oracle FAQ');
SAVEPOINT step2;

ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT step1;
COMMIT;

Also see

• COMMIT
• ROLLBACK

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