BEGIN in SQL in AIR?

HI

I understand how to use the BEGIN and COMMIT listeners etc.

I was wondering if you can use BEGIN TRANSACTION and COMMIT around a bunch of SQL processes in a single string?

eg

"BEGIN TRANSACTION

CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx1 ON table1 (Artist COLLATE NOCASE, Title COLLATE NOCASE);

CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx2 ON table1 (Id, Date);

CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx3 ON table1 (Time, Reason COLLATE NOCASE);

END TRANSACTION"

or do they all have to be separate statements, each with a listener?

I ask as I'm getting a "BEGIN is not allowed in SQL" error.

Cheers