title: running conditional DDL statements on sql server
body: <p>i have a situation where i want to check a certain column ( like version number) and then apply a bunch of ddl changes</p>
  
  <p>trouble is i am not able to do it with in a IF BEGIN END block, since DDL statements require a GO separator between them, and TSQL wont allow that.</p>
  
  <p>I am wondering if there is any way around to accomplish this</p>