pandas

Get data from pandas into a SQL server with PYODBC

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I am trying to understand how python could pull data from an FTP server into pandas then move this into SQL server. My code here is very rudimentary to say the least and I am looking for any advice or help at all. I have tried to load the data from the FTP server first which works fine…. If I then remove this code and change it to a select from ms sql server it is fine so the connection string works, but the insertion into the SQL server seems to be causing problems.

Finding consecutive segments in a pandas data frame

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I have a pandas.DataFrame with measurements taken at consecutive points in time. Along with each measurement the system under observation had a distinct state at each point in time. Hence, the DataFrame also contains a column with the state of the system at each measurement. State changes are much slower than the measurement interval. As a result, the column indicating the states might look like this (index: state):