class_docstr: This handler handles connection and execution of the Empress Embedded statements.
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docstr: Establishes a connection to the Empress Embedded server.
  Returns:
      HandlerStatusResponse
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code: def connect(self) -> StatusResponse:
      """
      Establishes a connection to the Empress Embedded server.
      Returns:
          HandlerStatusResponse
      """
      if self.is_connected:
          return self.connection
  
      conn_str = f"DRIVER={{Empress ODBC Interface [Default]}};Server={self.server};Port={self.port};UID={self.user};PWD={self.password};Database={self.database};"
      self.connection = pyodbc.connect(conn_str)
      self.is_connected = True
      return self.connection
  
imports: import pyodbc
  from collections import OrderedDict
  import pandas
  from mindsdb_sql import parse_sql
  from mindsdb_sql.render.sqlalchemy_render import SqlalchemyRender
  from mindsdb_sql.parser.ast.base import ASTNode
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.base import DatabaseHandler
  from mindsdb.utilities import log
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.response import HandlerStatusResponse, HandlerResponse, RESPONSE_TYPE
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.const import HANDLER_CONNECTION_ARG_TYPE
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling the EmpressHandler obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.connect() and returns: self, self