Australian Electoral Commission Database By: Jason Murphy

What is the AEC Database It records all former and present Federal Members of parliament It records all former and present Federal Members of parliament It shows the results of each electorate and the relevant member who achieved such results It shows the results of each electorate and the relevant member who achieved such results Lists all political parties Lists all political parties Provides contact information for constituents Provides contact information for constituents

AEC Database ER Diagram

One to Many relationship One party has many members One party has many members jmurphy=> select memberid, partyid, firstname, lastname from AEC_Member where partyid = 'LP'; memberid | partyid | firstname | lastname memberid | partyid | firstname | lastname | LP | Tony | Abott | LP | Tony | Abott | LP | Phillip | Ruddock | LP | Phillip | Ruddock

Many to many relationship Many party’s have many election results as they vary from electorate to electorate Many party’s have many election results as they vary from electorate to electorate TABLE 1 :AEC_Electorate electorateid | electionresultsid | state | landsize | age18 | age30 | age50 electorateid | electionresultsid | state | landsize | age18 | age30 | age Lowe | | NSW | | 10 | 20 | 68 Lowe | | NSW | | 10 | 20 | 68 Sydney | | NSW | | 1 | 67 | 5 Sydney | | NSW | | 1 | 67 | 5 Berowra | | NSW | | 25 | 25 | 30 Berowra | | NSW | | 25 | 25 | 30 Flinders | | TAS | | 25 | 25 | 30 Flinders | | TAS | | 25 | 25 | 30 (4 rows)

Many to Many Linked By TABLE THAT LINKS THE PREVIOUS AND THE NEXT SLIDE: AEC_ER erid | electionresultsid| electorateid | | Lowe | | Lowe | | Lowe | | Lowe (2 rows)

Many to Many Cont’d AEC_ElectionResults electionresultsid | liberal | labor | noinformal | totalvotes | year electionresultsid | liberal | labor | noinformal | totalvotes | year | 60.2 | 10.8 | 25 | | | 60.2 | 10.8 | 25 | | | 30.2 | 30.9 | 5 | | | 30.2 | 30.9 | 5 | | | 18.2 | 5 | 1 | | | 18.2 | 5 | 1 | | | | | 30 | | | | | 30 | | | 5.98 | 10 | 60 | | | 5.98 | 10 | 60 | | 2001 (5 rows)

Simple query of a single table Show all election results where labor achieved greater than 30% on a two party preferred basis jmurphy=> Select * from AEC_ElectionResults where labor > 30; electionresultsid | liberal | labor | noinformal | totalvotes | year electionresultsid | liberal | labor | noinformal | totalvotes | year | 30.2 | 30.9 | 5 | | | 30.2 | 30.9 | 5 | | | | | 30 | | | | | 30 | | 2004 (2 rows)

Natural Join Query When you want to join two tables together the automatic way is a natural join statement. The below query joins the AEC_Member and AEC_Electorate table together jmurphy=> Select electorateid, firstname, lastname, landsize from AEC_Member natural join AEC_Electorate; from AEC_Member natural join AEC_Electorate; electorateid | firstname | lastname | landsize electorateid | firstname | lastname | landsize Lowe | John | Murphy | Lowe | John | Murphy | Sydney | Tony | Abott | Sydney | Tony | Abott | Flinders | Sarah | Stevens | Flinders | Sarah | Stevens | Berowra | Phillip | Ruddock | Berowra | Phillip | Ruddock | (4 rows)

Cross Product Natural Join  This is the same query but the extended version where in the SQL the links between the tables i.e the primary and foreign keys need to be manually correlated select AEC_Electorate.electorateid, firstname, lastname, landsize from AEC_Member, AEC_Electorate where AEC_Member.electorateid = AEC_Electorate.electorateid; electorateid | firstname | lastname | landsize electorateid | firstname | lastname | landsize Lowe | John | Murphy | Lowe | John | Murphy | Sydney | Tony | Abott | Sydney | Tony | Abott | Flinders | Sarah | Stevens | Flinders | Sarah | Stevens | Berowra | Phillip | Ruddock | Berowra | Phillip | Ruddock | (4 rows)

Group By When trying to find the number of electorates in each state a group by function is needed When trying to find the number of electorates in each state a group by function is needed jmurphy=> select state, count (*) as Number from AEC_Electorate group by state order by state; state | number state | number NSW | 3 NSW | 3 TAS | 1 TAS | 1 (2 rows)

Subquery Show the electorate, the state in which the electorate is when the land is greater than average jmurphy=> select electorateid, state, landsize from AEC_Electorate where landsize > (select AVG(landsize) from AEC_Electorate); electorateid | state | landsize electorateid | state | landsize Berowra | NSW | Berowra | NSW | Flinders | TAS | Flinders | TAS | (2 rows)

Self Join query When you want to ensure that the electorateid is correct. This is just in case a member changes electorates and the database wasn’t changed. jmurphy=> select ass1.electorateid, ass2.electorateid, mstate from AEC_Member ass1, AEC_Electorate ass2 where ass1.electorateid = ass2.electorateid; electorateid | electorateid | mstate electorateid | electorateid | mstate Lowe | Lowe | NSW Lowe | Lowe | NSW Sydney | Sydney | NSW Sydney | Sydney | NSW Flinders | Flinders | TAS Flinders | Flinders | TAS Berowra | Berowra | NSW Berowra | Berowra | NSW (4 rows)

CHECK statements It is important to ensure that the data entered is correct. The following check statement ensures that the number of informal votes entered is It is important to ensure that the data entered is correct. The following check statement ensures that the number of informal votes entered is (a) not negative (a) not negative (b) doesn’t exceed the total number of votes (b) doesn’t exceed the total number of votes CONSTRAINT AEC_ElectionResults_Invalid_Informals CHECK ((NoInformal >= 0) AND (NoInformal = 0) AND (NoInformal <= TotalVotes))

Another CHECK constraint The following CHECK constraint ensures that the member has a starting date greater than or in The following CHECK constraint ensures that the member has a starting date greater than or in This is because Australia was not federated until 1901 and that is the first possible year within the database This is because Australia was not federated until 1901 and that is the first possible year within the database CONSTRAINT AEC_Member_Invalid_StartYear CHECK (StartYear >= 1901) CONSTRAINT AEC_Member_Invalid_StartYear CHECK (StartYear >= 1901)

Delete Cascade When PartyID is deleted this will flow throuhgh the AEC_Member table CONSTRAINT AEC_Member1_Party_FK FOREIGN KEY (PartyID) REFERENCES AEC_Party ON DELETE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE

Delete cascade When Electorate ID is deleted this will flow throuhgh the AEC_Electorate table When Electorate ID is deleted this will flow throuhgh the AEC_Electorate table CONSTRAINT AEC_Member2_Electorate_FK FOREIGN KEY (ElectorateID) REFERENCES AEC_Electorate ON DELETE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE

Views in the AEC database Views allow us to have the data on hand without having to constantly re type the same sql. Views allow us to have the data on hand without having to constantly re type the same sql. The view is stored within the database and can be easily used again with a view name set by the user The view is stored within the database and can be easily used again with a view name set by the user CREATE VIEW name AS query CREATE VIEW name AS query

Views Say we want to have the following data shown: electorateid, firstname, lastname, contactnumber where there is no finish date Say we want to have the following data shown: electorateid, firstname, lastname, contactnumber where there is no finish date This could be used by the AEC to issue a phone number for people trying to get in contact with their member of parliament This could be used by the AEC to issue a phone number for people trying to get in contact with their member of parliament Output: Output: | firstname | lastname | contactnumber | | firstname | lastname | contactnumber | | John | Murphy | | | John | Murphy | | | Tony | Abott | | | Tony | Abott | | | Sarah | Stevens | | | Sarah | Stevens | | | Phillip | Ruddock | | | Phillip | Ruddock | | CREATE VIEW contact AS firstname, lastname, contactnumber from AEC_Member where finishdate = null;

How to use a view once saved \dv checks to see the views that have been stored, this is a user shortcut \dv checks to see the views that have been stored, this is a user shortcut List of relations Name | Type | Owner contact | view | jmurphy

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