Is there a version control system for database structure changes?

Question

I often run into the following problem.

I work on some changes to a project that require new tables or columns in the database. I make the database modifications and

Answer 1

Have your initial create table statements in version controller, then add alter table statements, but never edit files, just more alter files ideally named sequentially, or even as a "change set", so you can find all the changes for a particular deployment.

The hardiest part that I can see, is tracking dependencies, eg, for a particular deployment table B might need to be updated before table A.