code: def execute(self, sql, parameters = None, cursorClass = DictCursor, quiet = False, locked = False, do_commit = True):
  		i = 0
  		errcode = 0
  		caughte = None
  		cursor = None
  		if sql.find(";") != -1 or sql.find("\\G") != -1:
  			raise Exception("The SQL command '%s' contains a semi-colon or \\G. This is a potential SQL injection." % sql)
  		while i < self.numTries:
  			i += 1
  			try:
  				assert(not(self.connection) or not(self.connection.open))
  				self._get_connection(cursorClass)
  				cursor = self.connection.cursor()
  				if locked:
  					cursor.execute(self.lockstring)
  					self.locked = True
  				if parameters:
  					errcode = cursor.execute(sql, parameters)
  				else:
  					errcode = cursor.execute(sql)
  				self.lastrowid = int(cursor.lastrowid)
  				if do_commit and self.isInnoDB:
  					self.connection.commit()
  				results = cursor.fetchall()
  				if locked:
  					cursor.execute(self.unlockstring)
  					self.locked = False
  				cursor.close()
  				self._close_connection()
  				return results
  			except MySQLdb.OperationalError, e:
  				if cursor:
  					if self.locked:
  						cursor.execute(self.unlockstring)
  						self.locked = False
  					cursor.close()
  				self._close_connection()
  				caughte = str(e)
  				errcode = e[0]
  				continue
  			except Exception, e:
  				if cursor:
  					if self.locked:
  						cursor.execute(self.unlockstring)
  						self.locked = False
  					cursor.close()
  				self._close_connection()
  				caughte = str(e)
  				traceback.print_exc()
  				break
  			sleep(0.2)
  		if not quiet:
  			sys.stderr.write("\nSQL execution error in query %s at %s:" % (sql, datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")))
  			sys.stderr.write("\nErrorcode/Error: %d - '%s'.\n" % (errcode, str(caughte)))
  			sys.stderr.flush()
  		raise MySQLdb.OperationalError(caughte)