@connected
    def begin(self):
        if not self.trans_ctx or not self.trans_ctx.transaction.is_active:
            self.trans_ctx = self.engine.begin()
        else:
            print("You are already in a transaction"
                  " block and nesting is not supported")
returns the stat information of a file
dataset/ETHPy150Open jaysw/ipydb/ipydb/plugin.py/SqlPlugin.begin--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open FredHutch/swift-commander/swift_commander/swsymlinks.py/getstat