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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def runQuery(self, *args, **kwargs):
 """ Execute an SQL query and return the result. :param args: additional positional arguments to be passed to cursor execute method :param kwargs: keyword arguments to be passed to cursor execute method :return: <defer> """

        try:
            return self._connectionPool.runQuery(*args, **kwargs)
        except:
            d = defer.Deferred()
            d.errback()
            return d