docs: def selectSQL(conn, sql, args=None):
      '''
      sql: a select statement
      args: if sql has parameters defined with either %s or %(key)s then args should be a either list or dict of parameter
      values respectively.
      returns a tuple of rows, each of which is a tuple.
      '''
      with doCursor(conn) as cursor:
          cursor.execute(sql, args)
          results = cursor.fetchall()
          return results