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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 _create_id(self):
 """Returns a freshly created DB-wide unique ID."""

    cursor = self._db.cursor()
    cursor.execute('INSERT INTO Ids DEFAULT VALUES')
    return cursor.lastrowid