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   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
        I am studying "Beginning SQL Server 2008 Express for Developers   
   From Novice to Professional" by Robin Dewson.  On pages 191 to 198, it   
   deals with database diagrams.  Following the instructions for creating   
   one did not work.   
      
        I expanded the Database Diagrams node for the database that is   
   being developed (the one the is developed through the book).  I get a   
   dialog box of "This database does not have one ore more of the support   
   objects required to use database diagramming.  Do you wish to create   
   them?"  So far, so good.  I answer Yes as I am supposed to, and then   
   there is supposed to be an Add Table dialog box and on it should go.   
      
        Instead, there is nothing.  The Database Diagrams node is   
   expanded as empty (so that the square with the plus sign in it is gone   
   and there are no child items), but there is no dialog box, and no   
   diagram.   
      
        When I installed SQL Server 2008 Express, I specified a *full*   
   installation and it did succeed.   
      
        How do I get database diagramming to work?   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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