[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Data.Odbc")
$conStr = "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=localhost;UID=root;PWD=P@ssW0rd"
$sqlStr = "SELECT 'Hello, ADO.NET World!' AS Message"
$con = New-Object System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection($conStr)
$cmd = New-Object System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand($sqlStr, $con)
$con.Open()
$reader = $cmd.ExecuteReader()
while ( $reader.read() )
{
    $reader.getName(0)
    "---------------------"
    $reader[0]
}
$con.Close()