"BEGIN..COMMIT;" fails in SQLite

Question

I'm trying to learn how to use BEGIN ... COMMIT in SQLite. I'm trying this code:

BEGIN
INSERT INTO fields VALUES ('field1')
COMMIT;

but it fails with

Error: near "INSERT": syntax error

When using just the insert statement, it succeeds, though:

INSERT INTO fields VALUES ('field1');

Answer 1

Since you have it in a transaction you must end each statement with ;

BEGIN;
INSERT INTO fields VALUES ('field1');
COMMIT;