diff --git a/pdf_schema.php3 b/pdf_schema.php3
index 6888521a0..4ae0f529b 100644
--- a/pdf_schema.php3
+++ b/pdf_schema.php3
@@ -852,7 +852,9 @@ class PMA_RT
                   .   ' WHERE db_name = \'' . PMA_sqlAddslashes($db) . '\''
                   .   ' AND pdf_page_number = ' . $which_rel;
         $tab_rs   = PMA_query_as_cu($tab_sql);
-
+        if(!mysql_num_rows($tab_rs)>0){
+                die('no tables');
+        }
         while ($curr_table = @PMA_mysql_fetch_array($tab_rs)) {
             $alltables[] = PMA_sqlAddslashes($curr_table['table_name']);
             $intable     = '\'' . implode('\', \'', $alltables) . '\'';
@@ -865,11 +867,24 @@ class PMA_RT
                 .   ' AND foreign_table IN (' . $intable . ')';
         $result =  PMA_query_as_cu($sql);
 
+        /*
+        mikebeck: maybe we can show tables without relations if i comment that out
         if (!$result || !mysql_num_rows($result)) {
             $pdf->PMA_PDF_die($GLOBALS['strPdfInvalidPageNum']);
         }
-        while ($row = PMA_mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
-            $this->PMA_RT_addRelation($row['master_table'] , $row['master_field'], $row['foreign_table'], $row['foreign_field']);
+        */
+        if(isset($result) && $result && mysql_num_rows($result)>0){
+                while ($row = PMA_mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
+                    $this->PMA_RT_addRelation($row['master_table'] , $row['master_field'], $row['foreign_table'], $row['foreign_field']);
+                }
+                $norelations=FALSE;
+        }else{
+                reset ($alltables);
+                while (list(, $table) = each ($alltables)) {
+                        $this->tables[$table] = new PMA_RT_Table($table, $this->ff);
+                        $this->PMA_RT_setMinMax($this->tables[$table]);
+                }
+                $norelations=TRUE;
         }
 
         // Defines the scale factor
@@ -889,7 +904,9 @@ class PMA_RT
             $this->PMA_RT_strokeGrid();
         }
         $pdf->PMA_PDF_setFontSizeScale(14);
-        $this->PMA_RT_drawRelations($change_color);
+        if($norelations==FALSE){
+                $this->PMA_RT_drawRelations($change_color);
+        }
         $this->PMA_RT_drawTables($show_info);
 
         $this->PMA_RT_showRt();