docs: def _get_transient_metadata_from_database_list(
              self):
          """use the transient query in the settings file to generate a list of transients to corssmatch and classify
  
           **Return:**
              - ``transientsMetadataList``
  
          .. todo ::
  
              - update key arguments values and definitions with defaults
              - update return values and definitions
              - update usage examples and text
              - update docstring text
              - check sublime snippet exists
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              - regenerate the docs and check redendering of this docstring
          """
          self.log.debug(
              'starting the ``_get_transient_metadata_from_database_list`` method')
  
          sqlQuery = self.settings["database settings"][
              "transients"]["transient query"] + " limit " + str(self.largeBatchSize)
  
          thisInt = randint(0, 100)
          if "where" in sqlQuery:
              sqlQuery = sqlQuery.replace(
                  "where", "where %(thisInt)s=%(thisInt)s and " % locals())
  
          transientsMetadataList = readquery(
              log=self.log,
              sqlQuery=sqlQuery,
              dbConn=self.transientsDbConn,
              quiet=False
          )
  
          self.log.debug(
              'completed the ``_get_transient_metadata_from_database_list`` method')
          return transientsMetadataList