code: def execute(self, sql, *args, **kwargs):
          
          with self.locked() as conn:
              return conn.execute(sql, *args, **kwargs)
docs: Executes an SQL INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE query with the given parameters and returns the number of affected rows.
  
          :param sql: statement to execute
          :param args: parameters iterable
          :param kwargs: parameters iterable
          :return: number of affected rows
          :rtype: int