docs: def run_sql_script(conn, scriptname='results_md2grid.sql'):
      """This function runs .sql scripts in the folder 'sql_scripts' """
  
      script_dir = os.path.abspath(
          os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'sql_scripts'))
      script_str = open(os.path.join(script_dir, scriptname)).read()
      conn.execution_options(autocommit=True).execute(script_str)
  
      return