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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 connect(self):
 """ Create a SQL Server connection and return a connection object """

        connection = _mssql.connect(user=self.user,
                                    password=self.password,
                                    server=self.host,
                                    port=self.port,
                                    database=self.database)
        return connection