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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 execute(self, sql, values = ()) :
		"executes an sql command for you or appends it to the current transacations. returns a cursor"
		sql = sql.strip()
		self._debugActions(sql, values)
		cur = self.connection.cursor()
		cur.execute(sql, values)
		return cur