docs: def query(self, query_str, *query_args, **query_options):
          """
          run a raw query on the db
  
          query_str -- string -- the query to run
          *query_args -- if the query_str is a formatting string, pass the values in this
          **query_options -- any query options can be passed in by using key=val syntax
          """
          with self.connection(**query_options) as connection:
              query_options['connection'] = connection
              return self._query(query_str, query_args, **query_options)