I can tell you what happens at one of the projects I do now, Java/SQL. Whenver a developer makes a schema change to the database, they add to a script in Sourcesafe that contains any necessary changes.

This script becomes part of the upgrade process. It will contain any alter statements necessary. For example, the last upgrade we did I needed to add a field to the state table that contained a code for IRS 1099 processing. So I created added to the script the alter statement to add the column, as well as the update statements to populate the column according the IRS 1099 document.

>What process do you follow and how painless is it to update a client's sql express database (new fields, new tables, ...) as new versions of the app are released, similar to what Doug's Stonefield product does for VFP databases?
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>>My point was (and is), that on a new project, I would not chose VFP tables as my backend DB, even for a small app. I'd use sql express. I used it twice last year and was happy with it. I'm disappointed with the provider for VFP, and I miss out on the t-sql '05 constructs that yield additional productivity.
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