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   From: hugo@perFact.REMOVETHIS.info.INVALID   
      
   On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:09:01 -0800, Gene Wirchenko    
   wrote:   
      
   >     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?   
      
   Hi Gene,   
      
   To create a new database diagram, you first need to right-click the   
   Database Diagrams node and click New Database Diagram. At that point,   
   the Add Table dialog should appear.   
      
   If it doesn't (or if you ever closse it and need it back later), you   
   can right-click any empty space in the diagram pane and choose Add   
   Table to summon the Add Table dialog.   
   --   
   Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP   
   My SQL Server blog: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/hugo_kornelis   
      
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