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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 getParams(self):
 """Returns dictionary of all run-time parameters. @return: Dictionary of all Run-time parameters. """

        cur = self._conn.cursor()
        cur.execute("SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES")
        rows = cur.fetchall()
        info_dict = {}
        for row in rows:
            key = row[0]
            val = util.parse_value(row[1])
            info_dict[key] = val
        return info_dict