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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 _get_cursor(self, connection, name=None):
 """Return a cursor for the given cursor_factory. Specify a name to use server-side cursors. :param connection: The connection to create a cursor on :type connection: psycopg2.extensions.connection :param str name: A cursor name for a server side cursor :rtype: psycopg2.extensions.cursor """

        cursor = connection.cursor(name=name,
                                   cursor_factory=self._cursor_factory)
        if name is not None:
            cursor.scrollable = True
            cursor.withhold = True
        return cursor