input: from typing import List, Any
  
  import sqlite3  # Assuming a SQLite database for simplicity
  
  def select_approved_rows(cur: sqlite3.Cursor) -> List[Any]:
      """ Selects all rows from a table where the 'status' is 'approved'.
      >>> conn = sqlite3.connect(':memory:')  # Create an in-memory SQLite database
      >>> cur = conn.cursor()
      >>> cur.execute("CREATE TABLE table_name (id INTEGER, status TEXT)")
      <sqlite3.Cursor object at 0x...>
      >>> cur.execute("INSERT INTO table_name (id, status) VALUES (1, 'approved')")
      <sqlite3.Cursor object at 0x...>
      >>> cur.execute("INSERT INTO table_name (id, status) VALUES (2, 'pending')")
      <sqlite3.Cursor object at 0x...>
      >>> cur.execute("INSERT INTO table_name (id, status) VALUES (3, 'approved')")
      <sqlite3.Cursor object at 0x...>
      >>> select_approved_rows(cur)
      [(1, 'approved'), (3, 'approved')]
      """
      sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE status = 'approved'"
      cur.execute(sql)
      return cur.fetchall()
output:     sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE status = 'approved'"