title: Quickest way to serialize a DataSet in a SQL Server table
body: <p>I have a dataset fetched from a ODBC data source (MySQL), I need to temporarily put it into a SQL Server DB to be fetched by another process (and then transformed further).</p>
  
  <p>Instead of creating a nicely formatted database table I'd rather have one field of type text and whack the stuff there.</p>
  
  <p>This is only a data migration exercise, a one-off, so I don't care about elegance, performance, or any other aspects of it.</p>
  
  <p>All I want is to be able to de-serialize the "text-blob" (or binary) back into anything resembling a dataset. A Dictionary object would do the trick too.</p>
  
  <p>Any quick fixes for me? :)</p>