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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 status(**connection_args):
    '''
    Return the status of a MySQL server using the output from the ``SHOW
    STATUS`` query.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' mysql.status
    '''
    dbc = _connect(**connection_args)
    if dbc is None:
        return {}
    cur = dbc.cursor()
    qry = 'SHOW STATUS'
    try:
        _execute(cur, qry)
    except OperationalError as exc:
        err = 'MySQL Error {0}: {1}'.format(*exc.args)
        __context__['mysql.error'] = err
        log.error(err)
        return {}

    ret = {}
    for _ in range(cur.rowcount):
        row = cur.fetchone()
        ret[row[0]] = row[1]
    return ret