def tsql_query(query, **kwargs):
    '''
    Run a SQL query and return query result as list of tuples, or a list of dictionaries if as_dict was passed, or an empty list if no data is available.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt minion mssql.tsql_query 'SELECT @@version as version' as_dict=True
    '''
    try:
        cur = _get_connection(**kwargs).cursor()
        cur.execute(query)
        # Making sure the result is JSON serializable
        return loads(_MssqlEncoder().encode({'resultset': cur.fetchall()}))['resultset']
    except Exception as err:
        # Trying to look like the output of cur.fetchall()
        return (('Could not run the query', ), (six.text_type(err), ))
Run a SQL query and return query result as list of tuples, or a list of dictionaries if as_dict was passed, or an empty list if no data is available.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt minion mssql.tsql_query 'SELECT @@version as version' as_dict=True