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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 connection_count(self):
 """Number of currently open connections to the database. (Stored in table sqlarray_master.) """

        return self.sql("SELECT value FROM %(master)s WHERE name = 'connection_counter'" % vars(self),
                        cache=False, asrecarray=False)[0][0]