title: How does your thick-client test whether it is compatible with the database schema?
body: <p>I develop an app with both thick-client and thin-client components. We also version our database such that schema changes result in their own version number and change scripts can be applied. Database changes, however, don't always occur in step with thick-client changes. Yes, today's database change might add a column and necessitate a in the thick-client, but tomorrow's database change might fix an error in a stored procedure that does not require any external changes. How can I code the thick-client to test whether it is compatible with a specific database version when some are backwards compatible and some are not?</p>
  
  <p>In the even that anyone cares, ours is a .NET app integrating with SQL Server, but this seems like more of a versioning question than a platform question. Unless there is a platform specific solution ...</p>