use System use System.Data use MySql.Data.MySqlClient class Program def main is shared conStr = "server=localhost;user id=root;password=P@ssW0rd" sqlStr = "SELECT 'Hello, Connector/NET World!' AS Message" con = MySqlConnection(conStr) cmd = MySqlCommand(sqlStr, con) con.open() reader = cmd.executeReader() while reader.read() Console.writeLine( reader.getName(0) ) Console.writeLine( "---------------------" ) Console.writeLine( reader.getValue(0) ) reader.close() con.close()