PDF from SQL data

I'm looking for a technology that will help me create multiple formats of similar data from an SQL database into PDFs. I haven't found a sales rep at Adobe who knows if any of their products can do what I need and they recommended the user-to-user forums.
My web-based application will generate financial affidavits. I need a different template for each state, so I need to create these templates without getting too much into the code itself. The templates will need to draw similar data about assets, liabilities, income and expenses from my SQL database, but the data will be organized in different places on the end document depending on the state. Each state's template (some states have different formats for each county) will also have different fonts, borders, and labels, so I want to be able to create these templates easily, without getting into the code.
Do you know of any Adobe or other technology that can help me do this?

I need help on this same subject. I am being provided with PDF's from SQL (not sure what software). A 3000 page PDF comes out to 300mb, and if you open it and save as in Adobe Pro, it takes 10 hrs to consolidate fonts and images, but I then end up with a nice 30mb file. Even using batch PDF conversion software, it takes 5hrs on a good dedicated machine to flatten these PDF's. I'm guessing it has a lot to do with how they are handling font embedding and the image (form flash) on each page (same on all pages for each PDF). What kind of programs should I be looking at to keep the PDF file sizes manageable and where I can work with the files without it taking 10 hrs to save them. I print about 120,000 images per month.. We save the images for up to 6 months.. With 300mb files this won't work..

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