Submitting multiple query transactions in CFscript - mysql

Question

I am having trouble finding the correct syntax to execute multiple MySQL statements at once, like with cftransaction. I'm trying to implement this in a CFC in pure cfscript.
<cftransaction>
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS SOME_TEMP_TBL;
CREATE TABLE SOME_TEMP_TBL AS
(
SELECT * FROM ANOTHER_TBL
);
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS SOME_TEMP_TBL_2;
CREATE TABLE SOME_TEMP_TBL_2 AS
(
SELECT * FROM ANOTHER_TBL_2
);
</cftransaction>
So I have the SQL statements chained together as a string:
var SQL = "
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS SOME_TEMP_TBL;
CREATE TABLE SOME_TEMP_TBL AS
(
SELECT * FROM ANOTHER_TBL
);
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS SOME_TEMP_TBL_2;
CREATE TABLE SOME_TEMP_TBL_2 AS
(
SELECT * FROM ANOTHER_TBL_2
);
";
And if I understand right I think I need to use a transaction {} block. But do I put raw MySQL code in there? Currently I'm trying to attach it to a Query object but Base.cfc (Railo) is throwing an error saying the datasource isn't defined.
transaction
{
qTrans = new Query();
qTrans.setSQL(SQL);
qTrans.execute();
qTrans.setDatasource(variables.instance.datasource.getDSN());
if (good)
{
transaction action="commit";
} else {
transaction action="rollback";
}
}
Have also tried just SQL.execute() but of course execute() isn't defined for a string & it wouldn't relate to any DB anyway...
Also, is the if(good) portion required? By default does if(good) test for whether or not a MySQL error occurred? And is transaction action="commit" what actually sends the SQL script?
Do I need to split these up into separate Query objects and run them sequentially? And if so what's the point of even having the transaction block in CFscript?
I know I'm way off here but I'm having a hard time navigating the CF documentation around this. If anyone knows of a good source specifically for CFscript references I could really use one, because I struggle with Adobe's version.

Answer 1

Try this code
try {
transaction {
qTrans = new Query();
qTrans.setDatasource(variables.instance.datasource.getDSN());
qTrans.setSQL(SQL);
qryRes = qTrans.execute();
TransactionCommit();
}
} catch(database e) {
TransactionRollback();
}