Deploying a Package with Table Modifications

I added a few columns to the ****ppingConfig table in the TransactionConfig 
database.  It seems with these modifications in place Site Packager is
unable 
to unpack this resource producing the following errors:

[11:59:38] GenericPuP: Im****tTableDataFromXMLFile: Table=****ppingConfig: 
Load XML Data file for table: ****ppingConfig: 0x5E Invalid use of Null
[11:59:38] Error im****ting object data for Transaction Config from file
C:\Do***ents 
and Settings\xxxx\Local Settings\Temp\3\Transaction Config 5:Invalid
procedure 
call or argument

The underlying ****ppingConfig.xml that is packaged in the site reflects
all 
of the proper columns but the database table was not created as such:

<xml xmlns:s='uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882'
	xmlns:dt='uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882'
	xmlns:rs='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset'
	xmlns:z='#RowsetSchema'>
<s:Schema id='RowsetSchema'>
	<s:ElementType name='row' content='eltOnly' rs:updatable='true'>
		<s:AttributeType name='****pping_method_id' rs:number='1'
rs:writeunknown='true' 
rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='****pping_method_id'
rs:keycolumn='true'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='uuid' dt:maxLength='16' rs:fixedlength='true'
rs:maybenull='false'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='****pping_method_name' rs:number='2'
rs:nullable='true' 
rs:writeunknown='true' rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='****pping_method_name'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='255'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='description' rs:number='3' rs:nullable='true'
rs:writeunknown='true' 
rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='description'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='255'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='action_page' rs:number='4' rs:nullable='true'
rs:writeunknown='true' 
rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='action_page'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='255'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='action_friendly_name' rs:number='5'
rs:nullable='true' 
rs:writeunknown='true' rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='action_friendly_name'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='255'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='progid' rs:number='6' rs:nullable='true'
rs:writeunknown='true' 
rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='progid'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' rs:dbtype='str' dt:maxLength='255'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='config' rs:number='7' rs:nullable='true'
rs:writeunknown='true' 
rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='config'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' rs:dbtype='str' dt:maxLength='2147483647' 
rs:long='true'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='enabled' rs:number='8' rs:nullable='true'
rs:writeunknown='true' 
rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='enabled'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='int' dt:maxLength='4' rs:precision='10'
rs:fixedlength='true'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='language_id' rs:number='9' rs:nullable='true'
rs:writeunknown='true' 
rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='language_id'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='128'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='****pping_method_type' rs:number='10'
rs:nullable='true' 
rs:writeunknown='true' rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='****pping_method_type'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' rs:dbtype='str' dt:maxLength='20'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='visible' rs:number='11' rs:nullable='true'
rs:writeunknown='true' 
rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='visible'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='boolean' dt:maxLength='2' rs:fixedlength='true'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='display_rank' rs:number='12' rs:nullable='true' 
rs:writeunknown='true' rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='display_rank'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='int' dt:maxLength='4' rs:precision='10'
rs:fixedlength='true'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:AttributeType name='countries_sup****ted' rs:number='13'
rs:nullable='true' 
rs:writeunknown='true' rs:basecatalog='MSCS_Store_TransactionConfig'
			 rs:basetable='****ppingConfig' rs:basecolumn='countries_sup****ted'>
			<s:datatype dt:type='string' rs:dbtype='str' dt:maxLength='255'/>
		</s:AttributeType>
		<s:extends type='rs:rowbase'/>
	</s:ElementType>
</s:Schema>
<rs:data>
	<z:row ****pping_method_id='{00000000-0000-0000-0000-002468008034}'
****pping_method_name='Quick' 
description='(7 to 10 business days)'
		 action_page='ChargeByQuantity_edit.asp' action_friendly_name='Charge by

Quantity' progid='commerce.stepwise****pping'
		 config='&#x3c;DICTIONARY
xmlns:dt=&#x22;uuid:304FB305-29A4-11d3-B0D4-00C04F8ED7A2&#x22; 
version=&#x22;1.0&#x22;&#x3e;
&#x3c;DICTITEM key=&#x22;mode&#x22;&#x3e;&#x3c;VALUE
dt:dt=&#x22;i2&#x22;&#x3e;1&#x3c;/VALUE&#x3e;&#x3c;/DICTITEM&#x3e;
&#x3c;/DICTIONARY&#x3e;
' enabled='1' language_id='en-US' ****pping_method_type='****p'
visible='True' 
display_rank='1' countries_sup****ted=''/>
</rs:data>
</xml>

Is there a recommended way of packaging a site with table modifications to

out-of-the-box tables?

Thanks,
Colin