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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:
 async def execute(self, sql: str, parameters: Iterable[Any] = None) -> None: """Execute the given query."""

        if parameters is None:
            parameters = []
        await self._execute(self._cursor.execute, sql, parameters)