public static void executeTransaction(Connection con) {
    try {
        //Switch to manual transaction mode by setting
        //autocommit to false. Note that this starts the first 
        //manual transaction.
        con.setAutoCommit(false);
        Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO Production.ScrapReason(Name) VALUES('Wrong size')");
        stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO Production.ScrapReason(Name) VALUES('Wrong color')");
        con.commit(); //This commits the transaction and starts a new one.
        stmt.close(); //This turns off the transaction.
        System.out.println("Transaction succeeded. Both records were written to the database.");
    }
    catch (SQLException ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
        try {
            System.out.println("Transaction failed.");
            con.rollback();
        }
        catch (SQLException se) {
            se.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}