Recieve a PDF Form that cannot be tampered with and then sent to  a Database?

Hi,
I have created a PDF form in Designer 7 and sent it to myself as a test as a PDF attachment, which worked fine.
Receiving the PDF form, I notice I can change the drop down fields etc which makes it possible to tamper with the sent information.
Is there a way to fill out the form and when sending it back, it cannot be edited in any way?
I also read in one of the Adobe Acrobat books, I think it was the Adobe Acrobat 7 in a Classroom book, that it was possible to import a returned PDF file into your own PDF Form that has a button than can update an Access Database file, but was "beyond the scope of this book".
Is there a dedicated book I can purchase for Designer 7 which covers Database connectivity etc?
Cheers.

I too would like to know how to update a database microsoft access. I have forms that people fill out that has to be imported into access to update records. One update and one import.
I also, need to automate the creat pdf/from scanner and save format.
Thank you in advance for all your help.
Coni

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