delay the commit of multiple sql queries

Question

so i have this wierd question.. as fare as i know, the database server got a validation process to only commit new data, when the data is all stored.

now my question is, can i run multiply sql queries, and delay the commit, until all queries have been run?

i got 600.000 new entries, i want to split into smaller sql "insert into" queries, so i don't have to start all over, if the SQL query fails.

so is there a way to do following

"DELAY COMMIT"
"INSERT INTO ...."
"INSERT INTO ...."
"INSERT INTO ...."
"INSERT INTO ...."
...
...
...
"INSERT INTO ...."
"COMMIT"

Answer 1

yes, use begin and commit transaction:

BEGIN TRANSACTION
INSERT INTO ...
INSERT INTO ...
INSERT INTO ...
INSERT INTO ...
INSERT INTO ...
COMMIT TRANSACTION