diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
index af911dc22e6..d4ddf42f637 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func GetAlertById(query *m.GetAlertByIdQuery) error {
 
 func GetAllAlertQueryHandler(query *m.GetAllAlertsQuery) error {
 	var alerts []*m.Alert
-	err := x.Sql("select * from alert").Find(&alerts)
+	err := x.SQL("select * from alert").Find(&alerts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert_notification.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert_notification.go
index 8fb1e2212a9..19ed960638e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert_notification.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert_notification.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func getAlertNotificationInternal(query *m.GetAlertNotificationsQuery, sess *DBS
 	}
 
 	results := make([]*m.AlertNotification, 0)
-	if err := sess.Sql(sql.String(), params...).Find(&results); err != nil {
+	if err := sess.SQL(sql.String(), params...).Find(&results); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
index a65bc136554..68d6fefc8af 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func (r *SqlAnnotationRepo) Find(query *annotations.ItemQuery) ([]*annotations.I
 
 	items := make([]*annotations.ItemDTO, 0)
 
-	if err := x.Sql(sql.String(), params...).Find(&items); err != nil {
+	if err := x.SQL(sql.String(), params...).Find(&items); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard.go
index 64d7108675b..e43279208e7 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func findDashboards(query *search.FindPersistedDashboardsQuery) ([]DashboardSear
 	var res []DashboardSearchProjection
 
 	sql, params := sb.ToSql()
-	err := x.Sql(sql, params...).Find(&res)
+	err := x.SQL(sql, params...).Find(&res)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func GetDashboardTags(query *m.GetDashboardTagsQuery) error {
 					ORDER BY term`
 
 	query.Result = make([]*m.DashboardTagCloudItem, 0)
-	sess := x.Sql(sql, query.OrgId)
+	sess := x.SQL(sql, query.OrgId)
 	err := sess.Find(&query.Result)
 	return err
 }
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func GetDashboardPermissionsForUser(query *m.GetDashboardPermissionsForUserQuery
 	params = append(params, query.UserId)
 	params = append(params, dialect.BooleanStr(false))
 
-	err := x.Sql(sql, params...).Find(&query.Result)
+	err := x.SQL(sql, params...).Find(&query.Result)
 
 	for _, p := range query.Result {
 		p.PermissionName = p.Permission.String()
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ func HasEditPermissionInFolders(query *m.HasEditPermissionInFoldersQuery) error
 	}
 
 	resp := make([]*folderCount, 0)
-	if err := x.Sql(builder.GetSqlString(), builder.params...).Find(&resp); err != nil {
+	if err := x.SQL(builder.GetSqlString(), builder.params...).Find(&resp); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/user_mig.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/user_mig.go
index 400033aaa33..e273cb7d542 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/user_mig.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/user_mig.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ type TempUserDTO struct {
 func (m *AddMissingUserSaltAndRandsMigration) Exec(sess *xorm.Session, mg *Migrator) error {
 	users := make([]*TempUserDTO, 0)
 
-	err := sess.Sql(fmt.Sprintf("SELECT id, login from %s WHERE rands = ''", mg.Dialect.Quote("user"))).Find(&users)
+	err := sess.SQL(fmt.Sprintf("SELECT id, login from %s WHERE rands = ''", mg.Dialect.Quote("user"))).Find(&users)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/plugin_setting.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/plugin_setting.go
index 676d26fad56..973e83eab19 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/plugin_setting.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/plugin_setting.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func GetPluginSettings(query *m.GetPluginSettingsQuery) error {
 		params = append(params, query.OrgId)
 	}
 
-	sess := x.Sql(sql, params...)
+	sess := x.SQL(sql, params...)
 	query.Result = make([]*m.PluginSettingInfoDTO, 0)
 	return sess.Find(&query.Result)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/quota.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/quota.go
index 539555ddc50..7b3a17b5661 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/quota.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/quota.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func GetOrgQuotaByTarget(query *m.GetOrgQuotaByTargetQuery) error {
 	//get quota used.
 	rawSql := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT COUNT(*) as count from %s where org_id=?", dialect.Quote(query.Target))
 	resp := make([]*targetCount, 0)
-	if err := x.Sql(rawSql, query.OrgId).Find(&resp); err != nil {
+	if err := x.SQL(rawSql, query.OrgId).Find(&resp); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func GetOrgQuotas(query *m.GetOrgQuotasQuery) error {
 		//get quota used.
 		rawSql := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT COUNT(*) as count from %s where org_id=?", dialect.Quote(q.Target))
 		resp := make([]*targetCount, 0)
-		if err := x.Sql(rawSql, q.OrgId).Find(&resp); err != nil {
+		if err := x.SQL(rawSql, q.OrgId).Find(&resp); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		result[i] = &m.OrgQuotaDTO{
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func GetUserQuotaByTarget(query *m.GetUserQuotaByTargetQuery) error {
 	//get quota used.
 	rawSql := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT COUNT(*) as count from %s where user_id=?", dialect.Quote(query.Target))
 	resp := make([]*targetCount, 0)
-	if err := x.Sql(rawSql, query.UserId).Find(&resp); err != nil {
+	if err := x.SQL(rawSql, query.UserId).Find(&resp); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func GetUserQuotas(query *m.GetUserQuotasQuery) error {
 		//get quota used.
 		rawSql := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT COUNT(*) as count from %s where user_id=?", dialect.Quote(q.Target))
 		resp := make([]*targetCount, 0)
-		if err := x.Sql(rawSql, q.UserId).Find(&resp); err != nil {
+		if err := x.SQL(rawSql, q.UserId).Find(&resp); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		result[i] = &m.UserQuotaDTO{
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func GetGlobalQuotaByTarget(query *m.GetGlobalQuotaByTargetQuery) error {
 	//get quota used.
 	rawSql := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT COUNT(*) as count from %s", dialect.Quote(query.Target))
 	resp := make([]*targetCount, 0)
-	if err := x.Sql(rawSql).Find(&resp); err != nil {
+	if err := x.SQL(rawSql).Find(&resp); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/team.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/team.go
index 72955df9a6a..d949ade0174 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/team.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/team.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func SearchTeams(query *m.SearchTeamsQuery) error {
 		sql.WriteString(dialect.LimitOffset(int64(query.Limit), int64(offset)))
 	}
 
-	if err := x.Sql(sql.String(), params...).Find(&query.Result.Teams); err != nil {
+	if err := x.SQL(sql.String(), params...).Find(&query.Result.Teams); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func GetTeamById(query *m.GetTeamByIdQuery) error {
 	sql.WriteString(` WHERE team.org_id = ? and team.id = ?`)
 
 	var team m.TeamDTO
-	exists, err := x.Sql(sql.String(), query.OrgId, query.Id).Get(&team)
+	exists, err := x.SQL(sql.String(), query.OrgId, query.Id).Get(&team)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func GetTeamsByUser(query *m.GetTeamsByUserQuery) error {
 	sql.WriteString(` INNER JOIN team_member on team.id = team_member.team_id`)
 	sql.WriteString(` WHERE team.org_id = ? and team_member.user_id = ?`)
 
-	err := x.Sql(sql.String(), query.OrgId, query.UserId).Find(&query.Result)
+	err := x.SQL(sql.String(), query.OrgId, query.UserId).Find(&query.Result)
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/temp_user.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/temp_user.go
index e93ba2fd641..f13752f8038 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/temp_user.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/temp_user.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func GetTempUsersQuery(query *m.GetTempUsersQuery) error {
 	rawSql += " ORDER BY tu.created desc"
 
 	query.Result = make([]*m.TempUserDTO, 0)
-	sess := x.Sql(rawSql, params...)
+	sess := x.SQL(rawSql, params...)
 	err := sess.Find(&query.Result)
 	return err
 }
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func GetTempUserByCode(query *m.GetTempUserByCodeQuery) error {
 	                WHERE tu.code=?`
 
 	var tempUser m.TempUserDTO
-	sess := x.Sql(rawSql, query.Code)
+	sess := x.SQL(rawSql, query.Code)
 	has, err := sess.Get(&tempUser)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
index 5d1b827e79f..f7bcdbb90c9 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
@@ -372,11 +372,11 @@ func GetSignedInUser(query *m.GetSignedInUserQuery) error {
 
 	sess := x.Table("user")
 	if query.UserId > 0 {
-		sess.Sql(rawSql+"WHERE u.id=?", query.UserId)
+		sess.SQL(rawSql+"WHERE u.id=?", query.UserId)
 	} else if query.Login != "" {
-		sess.Sql(rawSql+"WHERE u.login=?", query.Login)
+		sess.SQL(rawSql+"WHERE u.login=?", query.Login)
 	} else if query.Email != "" {
-		sess.Sql(rawSql+"WHERE u.email=?", query.Email)
+		sess.SQL(rawSql+"WHERE u.email=?", query.Email)
 	}
 
 	var user m.SignedInUser