Create PL/SQL Functions, Procedures, And Evaluation Logic

Create PL/SQL functions, procedures, and evaluation logic for military candidate assessment

Consider the following database application that is used to assess physical aptitudes and characteristics of the candidates who apply to one or more academies within the US military service system. For a candidate to be acceptable to one particular military academy, he or she must pass a set of rules based on the candidate’s medical records. There are many rules that are used in the real application, but for this project we will consider only three such rules: age, pulse, and blood pressure. Here are the concrete requirements for this project: A candidate may apply to one or more academies. A separate application is required for each academy that the candidate applies to. Each academy has its own specific parameters that the rules use. Hence, a candidate may be declared not acceptable for some academies, but acceptable for others.

A candidate evaluation consists of running all the rules for that candidate and a given academy. A separate evaluation is performed for each application. For each evaluation, a row is created in EVALUATIONS table, and three rows in the RESULTS table (one for each of the three rules that we are considering). As mentioned above, the rule evaluation results are stored in RESULTS table. The result of a rule is stored as a number, as follows: 1 – Acceptable, 0 - Not Acceptable. In order for an applicant to be declared “Acceptable” for a given application, all the rules must return 1 (Acceptable). If at least one rule returns 0, the candidate is declared “Not Acceptable”. Each rule is implemented by a specific PL/SQL procedure.

The three rules are defined below:

Age:

- a. 16

- b. 16

- c. Otherwise – “Not Acceptable”

Pulse:

- a. Pulse

- b. 45

- c. Pulse > 99 - “Not Acceptable”

Blood Pressure:

- a. Systolic

- b. Systolic >= 140 or Diastolic >= 90 – “Unacceptable”

The following tables are created for this application:

- APPLICANTS (SSN, FirstName, LastName, DOB)

- ACADEMIES (AcadID, AcadName)

- APPLICATIONS (AppID, SSN, AcadID, Year)

- MEDICAL_RECORDS (SSN, Pulse, Systolic, Diastolic, DateUpdated)

- EVAL_RULES (RuleID, FunctionName)

- EVALUATIONS (EvalID, EvalDate, AppID)

- RESULTS (EvalID, RuleID, Result)

Your task includes:

1. Create a PL/SQL function for each of the three rules that accepts AppID as a parameter and returns 0 or 1.

2. Create a sequence for the primary key of the EVALUATIONS table.

3. Create a PL/SQL procedure that evaluates an application by calling all three functions and populates the EVALUATIONS and RESULTS tables.

4. Create a PL/SQL function that returns the final result of the most recent evaluation for an application.

5. Evaluate all applications in APPLICATIONS table by calling the procedure and display each applicant's name, academy, and overall evaluation (Acceptable/Not Acceptable) using DBMS_OUTPUT.

Ensure proper exception handling in your PL/SQL blocks. Submit all PL/SQL statements as a text file named FirstLastP2.txt.

Paper For Above instruction

The task of developing a comprehensive PL/SQL-based evaluation system for military candidate assessment involves multiple interconnected components, including functions, procedures, sequences, and output mechanisms. The system's goal is to automate the evaluation of applicants applying to various military academies based on their medical data, adhering strictly to predefined rules for age, pulse, and blood pressure. This development requires a planned approach starting from function creation, sequence definition, to overall evaluation execution and reporting.

1. PL/SQL Functions for Medical Rules

Each medical rule (age, pulse, blood pressure) is encapsulated within a dedicated PL/SQL function that accepts an AppID, retrieves the relevant medical data from the MEDICAL_RECORDS table, and applies rule-specific logic to determine compliance. These functions return 1 if the candidate passes the rule and 0 otherwise, utilizing exception handling to manage data errors or missing records.

Age Rule Function:

The Age rule depends on the candidate’s age, calculated from DOB stored in the APPLICANTS table, and the specific academy applied to.

The function retrieves the application record for the AppID, joins with the APPLICANTS table to get DOB, calculates age, and then applies the rule considering the academy name (e.g., USAFA, USMA, USUHS).

The logic ensures age constraints are followed based on academy-specific conditions.

Pulse Rule Function:

The function fetches the latest medical record for the application, extracts the Pulse value, and applies the thresholds: acceptable if between 45 and 99 inclusive, else not acceptable.

Exception handling manages cases where medical records are missing.

Blood Pressure Rule Function:

Similarly, it fetches the latest Systolic and Diastolic data for the applicant, then verifies if systolic

Any missing data triggers exception handling.

2. Sequence Creation for EVALUATIONS Table

A sequence named EVAL_SEQ is created to generate unique EvalID values for evaluation records. Implemented with START WITH 1 and INCREMENT BY 1, ensuring unique and sequential EvalID values for each evaluation session.

3. Procedure for Evaluating Applications

The evaluation procedure accepts AppID as input, performs the following:

- Inserts a new row into EVALUATIONS with a unique EvalID (via EVAL_SEQ), current date, and AppID.

- Calls each of the three rule functions, retrieves their results, and inserts three corresponding rows into RESULTS.

- Determines overall acceptability: if all three results are 1, the candidate is accepted; else, rejected.

- Exception handling ensures profit errors are caught and transaction consistency is maintained.

4. Function for Final Evaluation Result

A function retrieves the most recent evaluation entry for a given AppID, sums the results from RESULTS, and returns 1 if all three rules resulted in acceptable (i.e., sum=3), or 0 otherwise. Exception handling manages cases where no evaluations exist.

5. Processing All Applications and Output

A PL/SQL block loops through all entries in the APPLICATIONS table, calls the evaluation procedure, and then invokes the final result function. Using DBMS_OUTPUT, it displays each applicant’s name, the academy name, and the overall assessment as either "Acceptable" or "Not Acceptable." This loop handles exceptions gracefully to continue processing despite individual errors.

Throughout the implementation, proper exception handling via EXCEPTION blocks is essential to handle nulls, missing data, or other runtime errors, ensuring robustness of the system. This comprehensive PL/SQL program aims to streamline candidate assessments, automate record processing, and improve decision-making accuracy for military recruitment.

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