Loop through the Items and Add to the Collection. You can use the Add method
List<string>items=new List<string>();
using (var con= new SqlConnection("yourConnectionStringHere")
{
string qry="SELECT Column1 FROM Table1";
var cmd= new SqlCommand(qry, con);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
con.Open();
using (SqlDataReader objReader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
if (objReader.HasRows)
{
while (objReader.Read())
{
//I would also check for DB.Null here before reading the value.
string item= objReader.GetString(objReader.GetOrdinal("Column1"));
items.Add(item);
}
}
}
}