intermediateSQL Transaction Control

What's the difference between ROLLBACK and ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT?

ROLLBACK discards the entire transaction; ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT discards only the work done after that named savepoint, leaving earlier work in the same transaction intact and still pending commit.

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