// at the end of a line or the end of the string are used (row mode)
        try
        {
            statement = connection.createStatement();
            SqlTokenizer tokenizer = new SqlTokenizer(sql);
            while (tokenizer.hasMoreStatements())
            {
                String command = tokenizer.getNextStatement();
                
                // ignore whitespace
                command = command.trim();
                if (command.length() == 0)
                {