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)