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+import types
+
+
+def test_query(fresh_db):
+    fresh_db["dogs"].insert_all([{"name": "Cleo"}, {"name": "Pancakes"}])
+    results = fresh_db.query("select * from dogs order by name desc")
+    assert isinstance(results, types.GeneratorType)
+    assert list(results) == [{"name": "Pancakes"}, {"name": "Cleo"}]
+
+
+def test_execute_returning_dicts(fresh_db):
+    # Like db.query() but returns a list, included for backwards compatibility
+    # see https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/290
+    fresh_db["test"].insert({"id": 1, "bar": 2}, pk="id")
+    assert fresh_db.execute_returning_dicts("select * from test") == [
+        {"id": 1, "bar": 2}
+    ]