How to read a PDF from within PL/SQL?
we have a requirement like this: We have a Time Tracking and Project Monitoring System whose DB is a Oracle 10g R2. We want to automate our ''Meeting Minute'' processing.
-- The project lead will write minutes into a form PDF.
-- I.e. a PDF where people can type in information to fields.
-- The PDF will be e-mailed to the project manager.
-- Project manager will save the PDF in a HDD directory.
-- Then he will run a program.
-- Program will pickup all the PDFs in directory one-by-one.
-- For each PDF, the program should read the fields.
-- Read values will be inserted to the DB.
Now, my problem is, HOW ON EARTH TO READ A "PDF"???
One option is to CONVERT the PDF to XML and then read the XML. BUT, unfortunately after googling for over 4 hours I came up empty on converting PDF to XML.
How can we do this???
Any help would be greatly appreciated.