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+import sqlite3
+import pandas as pd
+import os
+
+DB_PATH = "employees.db" 
+
+if os.path.exists(DB_PATH):
+    os.remove(DB_PATH)
+
+conn = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
+cur = conn.cursor()
+
+cur.execute("""
+CREATE TABLE employees (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    name TEXT NOT NULL,
+    role TEXT NOT NULL,
+    salary REAL NOT NULL,
+    hired DATE DEFAULT (DATE('now'))
+)
+""")
+
+employees = [
+    ("Asha", "Engineer", 45000.0),
+    ("Ravi", "Data Analyst", 38000.0),
+    ("Maya", "Designer", 32000.0),
+    ("Karan", "Engineer", 47000.0),
+    ("Leela", "HR", 30000.0)
+]
+cur.executemany("INSERT INTO employees (name, role, salary) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", employees)
+conn.commit()
+
+print(pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * FROM employees", conn))
+
+threshold = 35000.0
+print(pd.read_sql_query("SELECT id, name, role, salary FROM employees WHERE salary > ?", conn, params=(threshold,)))
+
+cur.execute("UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * 1.10 WHERE name = ?", ("Maya",))
+conn.commit()
+print(pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name = 'Maya'", conn))
+
+cur.execute("DELETE FROM employees WHERE name = ?", ("Leela",))
+conn.commit()
+print(pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * FROM employees", conn))
+
+try:
+    conn.execute("BEGIN")
+    conn.execute("INSERT INTO employees (name, role, salary) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", ("Sam", "Intern", 15000))
+    conn.execute("INSERT INTO nonexistent (x) VALUES (1)")
+    conn.commit()
+except Exception as e:
+    conn.rollback()
+    print("Transaction failed and rolled back. Exception:", e)
+
+print(pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * FROM employees", conn))
+conn.close()