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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 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 - clip any useful text to docs mindmap - 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