How to convert PDF data to database table in SQL server

• pietlinden

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  December 4, 2023 at 9:14 pm

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  If I just use a PowerQuery inside my data flow, I can just read the table and tell PowerQuery to ignore the rest. Then it's stupid easy. No need to use Excel at all.

• skeleton567

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  December 4, 2023 at 10:30 pm

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  Emperor100 wrote:

  First convert the PDF to excel format. Remove any unwanted lines, rows or any characters. Verify the data is correctly formatted, then save it as .csv file.  Use import/export wizard to import the data to SQL Server table.

  I'll try that and see what happens.  The challenge will be getting the 776 pages done in my lifetime!

  Rick
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• pietlinden

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  December 5, 2023 at 1:46 am

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  If your data is in tables in the PDF file, you can tell PowerQuery to return just the table. Is this a publicly available PDF file? (likely not)... I wanted to see if I could get PowerQuery to read it and then maybe dump that into a table.

  (I have sooo wished for a PowerQuery transform in SSIS since forever.. so I could read from a PDF or whatever, and then send the data anywhere I want... Oh right, PYTHON.