I am trying populate a text file with version information. Since the program that reads this file keys off of the #DBVersion value, every time I update the parts of the version, the next lines' #DBVersion must be changed to match what has just been changed. Here is part of the text I am trying to display: 
Update aht set major = 9    #DBVersion=8.3.6 
Update aht set minor = 4    #DBVersion=9.3.6
Update aht set revision = 0    #DBVersion=9.4.6

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My trouble is that any part of the version could be updated so I might have to change any combination of major, minor, or revision and the corresponding numbers in the #DBVersion.
In another part of my program I initialize the $UpdatedMajor, $UpdatedMinor, etc. to "" and do a comparison between the versions and if any of the elements are different I populate $Updated with that difference. So, if for example $UpdatedMajor is populated then major has to be changed to the updated value. Here is what I have so far. 
if (($UpdatedMajor != "") && ($UpdatedMinor != "") && ($UpdatedRevisio
+n != "")){
   printf WRITETOFILE 'Update aht set major = '."$UpdatedMajor"."\t\t\
+t".'#DBVersion='."$OldMajor.$OldMinor.$OldRevision\n";
   printf WRITETOFILE 'Update aht set minor = '."$UpdatedMinor"."\t\t\
+t".'#DBVersion='."$UpdatedMajor.$OldMinor.$OldRevision\n";
   printf WRITETOFILE 'Update aht set revision = '."$UpdatedRevision".
+"\t\t\t".'#DBVersion='."$UpdatedMajor.$UpdatedMinor.$OldRevision\n"; 
+ 
}

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Right now I am thinking I will have to do 9 if's to cover all the possible scenarios. Is there any way to avoid doing this 9 times?

In reply to Trying to avoid 9 conditionals by techsan02

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