USE ExExperiments
GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.myUDF (@val int )
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN
RETURN (@val*@val*@val)
END
GO
SELECT dbo.myUDF( 3 )

    Dim myConnection As New SqlConnection("integrated security=SSPI;data source=""."";initial Catalog=ExExperiments")
    Dim myCommand As New SqlCommand("SELECT dbo.myUDF(3)")
    myCommand.Connection = myConnection
    myConnection.Open()
    Dim res As Int32
    res = myCommand.ExecuteScalar
    myCommand.Connection.Close()
    System.Console.WriteLine(res)