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<h1><i>txn</i> <b>abort</b></h1>
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<p>The <i>txn</i> <b>abort</b> command causes an abnormal termination of the
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<p>The log is played backward, and any necessary recovery operations are
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performed. After recovery is completed, all locks held by the
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transaction are acquired by the parent transaction in the case of a
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nested transaction, or released in the case of a non-nested transaction.
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As is the case for <i>txn</i> <b>commit</b>, applications that require strict
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two-phase locking should not explicitly release any locks.
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<p>In the case of nested transactions, aborting the parent transaction
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causes all children of that transaction to be aborted.
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<p>After <i>txn</i> <b>abort</b> has been called, regardless of its return, the
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<b>txn</b> handle may not be accessed again.
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<p>The <i>txn</i> <b>abort</b> command returns 0 on success, and in the case of error, a Tcl error
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