Hi Stefano!

Stefano Franchi <s.franchi at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> 	Can anyone point to tutorials, links, books or other sources 
> explaining how to manage database-like problems in Squeak/Smalltalk? 
> I'd like to try out Squeak on a small application I've been meaning to 
> build for a long time: a reference manager. I know how to do it with a 
> relational database backend and a client application, but I'm trying to 
> understand how to do it in Squeak.
> 
> 	In other words,  I know it's possible to get Squeak (and other 
> Smalltalks, of course)  to talk to an external relational DBMS, but 
> what I'm looking for is an explanation of how to deal with the problems 
> that relational DBs solve (referential integrity, redundancy, etc.) in 
> pure OO way, *without* object/relational mappings.

I think you should take a look at Magma. Check the Swiki and SqueakMap.

> Thanks for the help,
> 
> Stefano

regards, Göran