Extract Data from .PDF files

Question

I need to extract data from .PDF files and load it in to SQL 2008. Can any one tell me how to proceed??

Answer 1

Imagine if you asked this question. How can I load data from arbitrary text files into a SQL table. The challenge isn't opening the text file and reading it, its getting meaningful data out of the files automatically.

So you can use either iText or pdfSharp to read the PDF files, but its the getting meaningful data out that's going to be the challenge.