Populating a PDF file with Database Field values - URGENT PLEASE REPLY

I have a requirement where in I hae PDF files as templates. The data for these templates is the database.
Example : a.pdf
Name :
Database table : name varchar(20)
What I want to do is read this PDF template and populate the Name with the value in the table.
Any Ideas on how to do this. Pointers/Source code would be appreciated. Hve been scrambling my head for quite a while without any luck

not a portal question..
u will need some pdf library / api - such as itext, etc

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-- History
-- DATE        WHO         DESCRIPTION
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We would like to basically do a 'mail merge' of our list of customers with an interactive PDF file (including videos, menus, etc - not just form fill out and web links) to create a single PDF file that contains multiple mail pieces ... one for each customer ... with each mail piece being customized for that customer. Customizations would include different greetings (Dear Bob, Dear Dana, etc), as well as different charts based on data unique to the customer, different photographs, etc.
I've seen that InDesign and Acrobat Professional can be used to create an interactive PDF (such as from http://tv.adobe.com/watch/ask-the-adobe-ones/14-calling-rufus-about-interactive-pdf-making). However I don't understand how I can insert data from a database, csv file, excel file etc into the PDF file so that each page, or each set of pages, within the PDF can be customized.
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For that kind of volume and unattended operation, you want InDesign Server – which is the server/high volume edition of INDD.
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