docs: def to_dict_formatter(row, cursor):
      """ Take a row and use the column names from cursor to turn the row into a
      dictionary.
  
      Note: converts column names to lower-case!
  
      :param row: one database row, sequence of column values
      :type row: (value, ...)
      :param cursor: the cursor which was used to make the query
      :type cursor: DB-API cursor object
      """
      # Empty row? Return.
      if not row:
          return row
      # No cursor? Raise runtime error.
      if cursor is None or cursor.description is None:
          raise RuntimeError("No DB-API cursor or description available.")
  
      # Give each value the appropriate column name within in the resulting
      # dictionary.
      column_names = (d[0] for d in cursor.description)  # 0 is the name
      return {name: value for value, name in zip(row, column_names)}