code: def readquery(
          sqlQuery,
          dbConn,
          log,
          quiet=False):
      
      log.debug('starting the ``readquery`` function')
      import pymysql
      import warnings
      warnings.filterwarnings('error', category=pymysql.Warning)
  
      rows = []
  
      try:
          cursor = dbConn.cursor(pymysql.cursors.DictCursor)
      except Exception as e:
          log.error('could not create the database cursor: %s' % (e, ))
          raise IOError('could not create the database cursor: %s' % (e, ))
      # EXECUTE THE SQL COMMAND
      cursor.execute(sqlQuery)
      rows = cursor.fetchall()
      try:
          cursor.execute(sqlQuery)
          rows = cursor.fetchall()
      except Exception as e:
          sqlQuery = sqlQuery[:1000]
          if quiet == False:
              log.warning(
                  'MySQL raised an error - read command not executed.\n' + str(e) + '\nHere is the sqlQuery\n\t%(sqlQuery)s' % locals())
              raise e
  
      # CLOSE THE CURSOR
      try:
          cursor.close()
      except Exception as e:
          log.warning('could not close the db cursor ' + str(e) + '\n')
  
      log.debug('completed the ``readquery`` function')
      return rows
docs: Given a mysql query, read the data from the database and return the results as a list of dictionaries (database rows)
  
      **Key Arguments:**
          - ``log`` -- the logger.
          - ``sqlQuery`` -- the MySQL command to execute
          - ``dbConn`` -- the db connection
          - ``quiet`` -- ignore mysql warnings and errors and move on. Be careful when setting this to true - damaging errors can easily be missed. Default *False*.
  
      **Return:**
          - ``rows`` -- the rows returned by the sql query
  
      **Usage:**
  
          .. code-block:: python
  
              from fundamentals.mysql import readquery
              rows = readquery(
                  log=log,
                  sqlQuery=sqlQuery,
                  dbConn=dbConn,
                  quiet=False
              )