Wanting to automate pdf form extraction data into database?

Acrobat is actually quite good at collecting and organizing data. But talking to a specific data source is not it's thing. For that you need another tool. The intended method for handling form data is to submit it to a server script. Then the server script stores the data in a DB.  Unfortunately there are few good out of the box products/services out there for handling this type of activity.  The best one is FormRouter www.formrouter.com.   But you could also write your own custom server script, and there are a myriad of other ways to handle data. But all of them require an external tool.

Acrobat is not a very suitable tool for this task, if you want to automate it. A better approach is to use a stand-alone application to extract the data from the PDFs, and even insert it directly into your database.

I've developed similar tools in the past so if you're interested in hiring someone to do it for you, feel free to contact me privately (try6767 at gmail.com).

ADBC, Acrobat Data Base Connectivity, was removed from Acrobat starting with Version X. You can write a plug-in to add to Acrobat/Reader. It is also possible to submit a PDF to a scripted web server page that then processes the passed data to a database.