def _sql_params(sql):
    """
    Identify `sql` as either SQL string or 2-tuple of SQL and params.
    Same format as supported by Django's RunSQL operation for sql/reverse_sql.
    """
    params = None
    if isinstance(sql, (list, tuple)):
        elements = len(sql)
        if elements == 2:
            sql, params = sql
        else:
            raise ValueError("Expected a 2-tuple but got %d" % elements)
    return sql, params