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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 executeSQL(self, sql, args=()):
 """ For use with UPDATE or INSERT statements. """

        sql = self._execSQL(sql, args)
        result = self.cursor.lastRowID()
        if self.executedThisTransaction is not None:
            self.executedThisTransaction.append((result, sql, args))
        return result