put this in application controller

def get_app_choices(personal_id,app_scheme_code)

    require 'soap/wsdlDriver'

    @setting = Ucasxmllinksetting.find(:first)
    wsdl = @setting.wsdl
    institutionCode = @setting.institutioncode
    userId = @setting.userid
    password = @setting.password
    lastUpdated = ''
    rowStartPosition = '0'

    driver = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl).create_rpc_driver

    XSD::Charset.encoding = 'UTF8'

    result = driver.getUCASApplicantChoices(institutionCode, userId, password, '', personal_id, app_scheme_code, '',rowStartPosition)

    return result

  end