Hi, I was just curious as to what the database is that is behind TMDb. From what I understand (and please correct me if i am wrong as this is just a kind of observational understanding and some guess work) the TMDb front end aka this website feed's data back into a database of some sort and can update tables etc with data provided by the awesome community. Would i be right in saying that this is how it works? in the same way the website can query the database to display content on the website and also using the API of course etc.

I am currently learning about SQL databases at university and find the whole normalization process and many other factors associated with database development very confusing and, dare i say it, i personally feel unnecessary, although i know that it is necessary i just feel its allot of work to organize data, by the same token i do understand we need it and thats why all the db admin make good money!

Another question i have is regarding the current size of the database, would it be possible to find this out? i was also wondering if TMDb offer dump's of their database, also i hope i am not asking any questions that are agenst the forum rules here. The reason i am asking these question are because i am working on a project that involves using data provided by TMDb via their API and i just think it would be cool to have a local copy of all that data for my home media canter as well as the project i am working on, again this is why i am asking what the size of the db is cause for all i know it is huge, thinking more about it now it probably is huge lol! very big infact.

Thank's For Reading. Best Regards, Antony JL.