$conStr = "SERVER=(local);DATABASE=master;UID=sa;PWD=P@ssW0rd" $sqlStr = "SELECT 'Hello, ADO.NET World!' AS Message" $con = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection($conStr) $cmd = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand($sqlStr, $con) $con.Open() $reader = $cmd.ExecuteReader() while ( $reader.read() ) { $reader.getName(0) "---------------------" $reader[0] } $con.Close()