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>2. We have 500+ pages of PDFs to integrate.
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>3. The information is from a vendor who refuses to provide us the information in any form other than PDF.
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>Given the volume of information tha has to be moved from PDF to Sql, we looking hard to find an automated process.
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>Thanks everyone for all the suggestions so far. Any more ideas?
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Yes. This is really bush league. Revisit the issue with the vendor. Offer to pay the vendor to move the data from their source (probably a database) to a medium that you can import directly (such as a CSV file). Kick it up to whatever negotiating level you have to, both at your company and at the vendor.
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