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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 _connect(self):
 """Establish connection to MySQL Database."""

        if self._connParams:
            self._conn = MySQLdb.connect(**self._connParams)
        else:
            self._conn = MySQLdb.connect('')