I needed to pull data from a ASE Database (T-SQL), filter it and then dump it into a excel workbook.  Finally wrap all that up and attach it to a Email via SMTP…

See below for inline code or jump over to my github repo
https://github.com/wlafrance/Powershell/blob/master/QueryExcelEmail.ps

#Global variables
#Working directories
$Script:RootDir = "D:\TFS\PowerShell\ExcelAndEmail\"
$Script:ExcelDir = $RootDir + "Spreadsheets\"
$Script:WorkDir = $RootDir + "Work\"

$script:ASEConnStr = “{CONNECTION STRING}”
$script:ASEConn
$script:ASECmd

$script:DataTable = New-Object System.Data.DataTable
$script:DDKFilePath = “C:\Program Files\DataDirect\Connect for ADO.NET 3.3\”
$script:DDKDriver = “DDTek.Sybase.dll”
$script:DDKLicense = “DDTek.lic”
$DbDriver = $DDKFilePath + $DDKDriver

#============================================================================
# Create all db connections
#============================================================================
# function OpenDbConnection {
# Write-Host(“==>OpenDbConnection”);

# # ASE 12
# try {

# [reflection.assembly]::loadfile($DbDriver);

# # Open a connection to DDTek.Sybase
# $ASEConn = New-Object DDTek.Sybase.SybaseConnection
# Write-Host “==>SybaseConn”
# $ASEConn.ConnectionString = $ASEConnStr
# Write-Host($ASEConnStr);
# $ASEConn.Open()

# $script:ASECmd = $ASEConn.CreateCommand()
# $script:ASECmd.CommandTimeout = 300
# }
# catch [Exception] {
# Write-Host “Error connecting to sybase 12. Check details on next line.”
# Write-Host $_.Exception.Message
# Write-Host “I was using connection string…”
# Write-Host $ASEConnStr
# return -1
# }

# return 1
# }

function buildExcel($Dataset) {

try {
# Create directory for finished spreadsheets, or clean out
if (!(Test-Path $ExcelDir)) {
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $ExcelDir
}
else {
$AllContents = $ExcelDir + “\*”
Remove-Item $AllContents -Recurse -Force
}

# Create work directory, or clean out
if (!(Test-Path $WorkDir)) {
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $WorkDir
}
else {
$AllContents = $WorkDir + “\*”
Remove-Item $AllContents -Recurse -Force
}
#Begin Excel office automation
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible = $false
$workbook = $excel.Workbooks.add();
#create a worksheet object
$worksheet = $workbook.ActiveSheet;
$cells = $worksheet.Cells;

# For each table in the DataSet, print the row values.
$RowIndex = 1
$ColumnIndex = 1

$rowRange = 1
$colRange = 1

$table = $Dataset.Tables[0]
Write-Host “——————-“;
#Add a header row to excel, I broke it out for teaching reasons
foreach ($tmpDataColm in $table.Columns) {
Write-Host $tmpDataColm;
#expression.Item (RowIndex, ColumnIndex)
#format header row

$cells.item($RowIndex, $ColumnIndex).font.bold = $True
$cells.item($RowIndex, $ColumnIndex).font.bold = $True
$cells.item($RowIndex, $ColumnIndex).font.size = 16
$cells.item($RowIndex, $ColumnIndex).font.size = 16

$cells.item($RowIndex, $ColumnIndex) = $tmpDataColm.Caption
$ColumnIndex++

}

#Add a row for each new loop and then add the cell values
$RowIndex = 2
$ColumnIndex = 1
foreach ($tmpDataRow in $table) {
#Write-Host $tmpDataRow.Item(0);
foreach ($item in $tmpDataRow.ItemArray) {
Write-Host $item;
# expression.Item (RowIndex, ColumnIndex)
$cells.item($RowIndex, $ColumnIndex) = $item
$ColumnIndex++
}
$ColumnIndex = 1 #resrt columns for next row
$RowIndex++

}

#Code to populate excel
$ExcelXLSX = $ExcelDir + “Excel_Email_.xlsx”; #We clear the directory so no need for a unique ID
Write-Host $ExcelXLSX;
$workbook.SaveAs($ExcelXLSX);
$workbook.Close();
$excel.Quit();
#Cleanup after excel interop
$p = Get-Process -Name “excel”
Stop-Process -InputObject $p
Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.HasExited }

}
catch [System.Exception] {
Write-Host ” ”
Write-Host $_.Exception.Message
Write-Host ” ”
Write-Host $SqlToRun
Write-Host ” ”
Write-Host $ASEConnStr
Write-Host ” ”
return -1
}

}

#============================================================================
# Get DataSet via Sybase15
#============================================================================
function Invoke-ISqlForSybase {

try {
[reflection.assembly]::loadfile($DbDriver);

#Go ahead and get intial set as desc
$SqlToRun = “select top 5 ctr_id as [center id],ctr_name as [center name],ctr_shname as [center short name] from dbo.center order by [center short name] Desc”

$dataset = New-Object System.Data.DataSet

$DbConn = New-Object DDTek.Sybase.SybaseConnection
$DbConn.ConnectionString = $ASEConnStr
$DbConn.Open()
$DBCmd = $DbConn.CreateCommand()
$DbCmd.CommandTimeout = 300
$DBCmd.CommandText = $SqlToRun

$adapter = New-Object DDTek.Sybase.SybaseDataAdapter $DBCmd
$adapter.SelectCommand.Connection = $DbConn
$adapter.Fill($DataSet) | Out-Null
$DBConn.Close()
$DBConn.Dispose()

return $DataSet

}
catch [System.Exception] {
Write-Host ” ”
Write-Host $_.Exception.Message
Write-Host ” ”
Write-Host $SqlToRun
Write-Host ” ”
Write-Host $ASEConnStr
Write-Host ” ”
return -1
}
}

#============================================================================
# Email status of run
#============================================================================
function SendEmail {

$SubjectLine = “Attachment Test ”
$files = Get-ChildItem $ExcelDir
$EmailTo = “”
# Create Message Object
$msg = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
$msg.From = “no-reply@???”
$msg.Subject = $SubjectLine

$msg.To.add($EmailTo)

$msg.Body = “A Message ”

foreach ($file in $files) {
$att = New-Object System.Net.Mail.Attachment -ArgumentList $file.FullName
$msg.Attachments.Add($att)
}

# Create SMTP Client object to get ready to send message
$portNo = “?”
$hostNo = “smtp.???.org”
$client = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient $hostNo
$client.Port = $portNo

# Send the message out.
try {
$client.Send($msg)
}
catch {
Write-Host “Exception caught in SendEmail: {0}” -f $Error.ToString()
}
}

#============================================================================
# Run the process
#============================================================================
function RunIt {
$cls;
Write-Output “=====================================================”
Write-Output “=====================================================”

$rawData = Invoke-ISqlForSybase
buildExcel($rawData);
SendEmail

}

#Execute script
RunIt