>Thanks for the ideas all. I am not looking for something comprehensive like Stonefield that can handle all DBC options, relations, etc., just something basic to create tables, fields, and maybe update fields from the definition. Maybe I'll go ahead and write something and upload it to the library here.

Depending on how much your billable time is worth, I think you would be spending more in your time than the initial cost of Stonefield. Plus, you get additional functionality with SDT like table repair, reindexing and datatabse synchronization between your development revisions and your customers databases. Integerating it into your apps is so easy.