SQL schema version table to ease future database upgrades

data/schema/6.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE TABLE `sc_version` (
+  `schema_version` int(11) NOT NULL
+) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+INSERT INTO `sc_version` (`schema_version`) VALUES ('6');

data/tables.sql

@@ -182,4 +182,10 @@ CREATE TABLE `sc_votes` (
   UNIQUE KEY `bid_2` (`bId`,`uId`),
   KEY `bid` (`bId`),
   KEY `uid` (`uId`)
-) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci ;
+) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci ;
+
+
+CREATE TABLE `sc_version` (
+  `schema_version` int(11) NOT NULL
+) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+INSERT INTO `sc_version` (`schema_version`) VALUES ('6');

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ChangeLog for SemantiScuttle
 - Fix privacy issue when fetching tags of several users
 - Only URLs with an allowed protocol may be added to the database
 - Support HTTPS connections when $root is not configured
+- SQL schema version table to ease future database upgrades
 
 
 0.97.2 - 2011-02-17

doc/UPGRADE.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ Upgrading SemanticScuttle from a previous version
 =================================================
 
 
+From version 0.97 to 0.98
+-------------------------
+Database updates: Apply data/schema/6.sql or do the following:
+
+    CREATE TABLE `sc_version` (
+      `schema_version` int(11) NOT NULL
+    ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+    INSERT INTO `sc_version` (`schema_version`) VALUES ('6');
+
+
 From version 0.96 to 0.97
 -------------------------
 No database changes necessary.