mysql: reading arbitrary SQL data in go is really strange, data is only in strings?

public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts

@@ -7,24 +7,34 @@ export class MysqlDatasource {
   name: any;
 
   /** @ngInject */
-  constructor(instanceSettings, private backendSrv) {
+  constructor(instanceSettings, private backendSrv, private $q) {
     this.name = instanceSettings.name;
     this.id = instanceSettings.id;
   }
 
   query(options) {
+    var queries = _.filter(options.targets, item => {
+      return item.hide !== true;
+    }).map(item => {
+      return {
+        refId: item.refId,
+        intervalMs: options.intervalMs,
+        maxDataPoints: options.maxDataPoints,
+        datasourceId: this.id,
+        rawSql: item.rawSql,
+      };
+    });
+
+    if (queries.length === 0) {
+      return this.$q.when({data: []});
+    }
+
     return this.backendSrv.post('/api/tsdb/query', {
       from: options.range.from.valueOf().toString(),
       to: options.range.to.valueOf().toString(),
-      queries: [
-        {
-          "refId": "A",
-          "intervalMs": options.intervalMs,
-          "maxDataPoints": options.maxDataPoints,
-          "datasourceId": this.id,
-        }
-      ]
+      queries: queries,
     }).then(res => {
+      console.log('mysql response', res);
 
       var data = [];
       if (res.results) {