data modeling profile

[choer]

I am running into the following problem (in Enterprise Architect 8.0.862):

1) I have created a diagram with a couple of classes
2) I have converted these classes into tables by drawing "Table" from the toolbox onto them ("Apply table")
3) Now I'd like to change attribute/column types into proper database types
4) I open "Settings" | "Database Types" and select "SQL Server 2008" as "Product Name" (with "Set as Default"), then "Close"
5) However, when I open "Properties" for an attribute/column, EA won't let me select any "Data Types" (empty drop down list)
6) I assume the reason why is that the data modeling profile wasn't remembered, i.e. if I open "Settings" | "Database Types" again, "Product Name" and "Defined Datatypes for Databases" is still empty, despite I chose "SQL Server 2008" on the previous "Close" (see item 4 above)

Am I doing something wrong, or could this be a bug?

Thanks for your attention,
Christian (a licensed user of the Corporate Edition)

[jfzouain]

Hi
In your General Tab, select the Database from the drop down and you will see how at the Tabkle detail - colum/attributes your drop down is populated.

Regards

[choer]

Thanks for your reply, but this did not solve my problem yet.

If I a select the database (a stereotyped component) in the Project Browser and view its General tab under Properties, its Stereotype is shown as Database. That's as expected. Table details are not indicated there.

If I select a table (inside this database) in the Project Browser and view its General tab under Properties, its Stereotype is shown as table. That's also as expected. However in its Table Detail tab, DB Version is empty (and is not editable; I want to set it to SQL Server 2008), and if I proceed to Column/Attributes, the Data Type property is (still) empty.

The problem occurs for tables that were converted from classes (see #2 in my original post), not for tables created from scratch.