Plan-of-SQLs Interface TP

Sample: 1720/1952
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Task: Verify the Statement against the Table

Statement: the republican party had the first elected official in california in 1926

Table: united states house of representatives elections , 1942

district incumbent party first_elected result candidates
california 2 harry lane englebright republican 1926-01-01 re - elected harry lane englebright (r) unopposed
california 4 thomas rolph republican 1940-01-01 re - elected thomas rolph (r) 98.3% archie brown ( w / i ) 1.7%
california 7 john h tolan democratic 1934-01-01 re - elected john h tolan (d) unopposed
california 9 bertrand w gearhart republican 1934-01-01 re - elected bertrand w gearhart (r) unopposed
california 10 alfred j elliott democratic 1937-01-01 re - elected alfred j elliott (d) unopposed
california 17 cecil r king democratic 1942-08-25 re - elected cecil r king (d) unopposed
california 22 none (district created) none (district created) 9999-01-01 new seat republican gain john j phillips (r) 57.6% n e west (d) 42.4%
Generating plan to answer the query...

Generated steps

Step 1: Select rows where 'party' is 'republican'.

Step 2: Select rows where 'first_elected' is '1926-01-01'.

Step 3: Use a `CASE` statement to return TRUE if the number of rows is greater than or equal to 1, otherwise return FALSE.

Step 1: Select rows where 'party' is 'republican'.

SQL command for the step:

SELECT * FROM table_sql WHERE party = 'republican';
district incumbent party first_elected result candidates
california 2 harry lane englebright republican 1926-01-01 re - elected harry lane englebright (r) unopposed
california 4 thomas rolph republican 1940-01-01 re - elected thomas rolph (r) 98.3% archie brown ( w / i ) 1.7%
california 7 john h tolan democratic 1934-01-01 re - elected john h tolan (d) unopposed
california 9 bertrand w gearhart republican 1934-01-01 re - elected bertrand w gearhart (r) unopposed
california 10 alfred j elliott democratic 1937-01-01 re - elected alfred j elliott (d) unopposed
california 17 cecil r king democratic 1942-08-25 re - elected cecil r king (d) unopposed
california 22 none (district created) none (district created) 9999-01-01 new seat republican gain john j phillips (r) 57.6% n e west (d) 42.4%

Step 2: Select rows where 'first_elected' is '1926-01-01'.

SQL command for the step:

SELECT * FROM table_sql WHERE first_elected = '1926-01-01';
district incumbent party first_elected result candidates
california 2 harry lane englebright republican 1926-01-01 re - elected harry lane englebright (r) unopposed
california 4 thomas rolph republican 1940-01-01 re - elected thomas rolph (r) 98.3% archie brown ( w / i ) 1.7%
california 9 bertrand w gearhart republican 1934-01-01 re - elected bertrand w gearhart (r) unopposed

Step 3: Use a `CASE` statement to return TRUE if the number of rows is greater than or equal to 1, otherwise return FALSE.

SQL command for the step:

SELECT CASE WHEN COUNT(*) >= 1 THEN TRUE ELSE FALSE END AS verification FROM table_sql;
district incumbent party first_elected result candidates
california 2 harry lane englebright republican 1926-01-01 re - elected harry lane englebright (r) unopposed

Verification:

The statement is TRUE