All Versions, SQL Server
You are running an SQL Server? Then here is a PowerShell script template you could use to run an SQL query and retrieve the data. Simply make sure you fill in the correct user details, server address, and SQL statement:
$Database = 'Name_Of_SQLDatabase' $Server = '192.168.100.200' $UserName = 'DatabaseUserName' $Password = 'SecretPassword' $SqlQuery = 'Select * FROM TestTable' # Accessing Data Base $SqlConnection = New-Object -TypeName System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection $SqlConnection.ConnectionString = "Data Source=$Server;Initial Catalog=$Database;user id=$UserName;pwd=$Password" $SqlCmd = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand $SqlCmd.CommandText = $SqlQuery $SqlCmd.Connection = $SqlConnection $SqlAdapter = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter $SqlAdapter.SelectCommand = $SqlCmd $set = New-Object data.dataset # Filling Dataset $SqlAdapter.Fill($set) # Consuming Data $Path = "$env:temp\report.hta" $set.Tables[0] | ConvertTo-Html | Out-File -FilePath $Path Invoke-Item -Path $Path