Pulling data from SQL table in script

Hi folks,

I am currently writing a script in which I define several variables locally in the script, and set their values there also. In the case of some the values are ones that I may want to update moderately frequently, hopefully without having to un-pack and re-pack my PBO each time.

Is there a way that I can pull data from a table in the sql and use it to set my variable? For example, if I had:
a defined variable: _variable
a database name:...

Pulling data from SQL table in script