PDF to database

Hi,
I am new to LiveCycle and looking for a solution.
I have forms like immigration forms that has many field user has to fill.
My question - As LiveCycle generates PDF forms is there a way that user fill the forms on line and when he submits I send all the data to database from the PDF. Is it possible with LiveCycle?
Thanks

Yog,
You're out of luck, for right now. The generated PDF is not saved as a file anywhere. Not on the filesystem. Not in the database.
In APEX 3.1 and only for Report Queries, you'll have a PL/SQL API to generate the PDF and return it as type BLOB. Then, you can do whatever you wish with it.
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