Index: trunk/dbconfig/changes.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/dbconfig/changes.txt	(revision 25848)
+++ trunk/dbconfig/changes.txt	(revision 25851)
@@ -1410,3 +1410,16 @@
 
 ALTER TABLE rcDestination ADD CONSTRAINT UNIQUE(name);
+
+CREATE TABLE dbversion (
+    schema_version VARCHAR(64),
+    updated TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+) ENGINE=innodb DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+
+INSERT INTO dbversion VALUES('1.1.56', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);
+
+
 -- Vesion 1.1.57
+
+-- add changes for 1.1.57 here. Then uncomment the following before commiting
+
+-- UPDATE dbversion set schema_version = '1.1.57',  updated= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP();
Index: trunk/dbconfig/dbversion.md
===================================================================
--- trunk/dbconfig/dbversion.md	(revision 25851)
+++ trunk/dbconfig/dbversion.md	(revision 25851)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+dbversion METADATA
+    schema_version  S64     0
+    updated         UTC     0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
+END
+    
Index: trunk/dbconfig/ipp.m4
===================================================================
--- trunk/dbconfig/ipp.m4	(revision 25848)
+++ trunk/dbconfig/ipp.m4	(revision 25851)
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 dnl include(telescope.md)
 dnl include(skycell.md)
+include(dbversion.md)
 include(summitcopy.md)
 include(new.md)