feat(python): accept expressions in update filters (#3876)

## Summary
- allow Python sync, async, and remote table updates to accept type-safe
`Expr` filters
- serialize expression filters before invoking the existing update
implementation
- cover numeric-looking text and apostrophe-containing text in sync and
async regression tests

## Root cause
`Table.update` was the remaining Python write path that required callers
to construct a raw SQL predicate. Dynamic text interpolated without SQL
literal encoding could therefore be parsed as an integer, float, or
unterminated string instead of Utf8. The expression API already encodes
literals safely for query and delete filters.

## Validation
- `cd python && .venv/bin/pytest
python/tests/test_table.py::test_update_async
python/tests/test_table.py::test_update_expr_filter_literals_async
python/tests/test_table.py::test_update
python/tests/test_table.py::test_update_expr_filter_literals -q`
- `cd python && .venv/bin/pytest python/tests/test_expr.py -q`
- `cd python && .venv/bin/ruff format --check .`
- `cd python && .venv/bin/ruff check .`

Fixes #1869

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2026-08-27 20:28:21 +08:00
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import warnings
import weakref
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
from decimal import Decimal
from time import sleep
from typing import List
from unittest.mock import patch
@@ -336,6 +337,21 @@ async def test_update_async(mem_db_async: AsyncConnection):
assert await table.count_rows("id == 10") == 1
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_update_expr_filter_literals_async(mem_db_async: AsyncConnection):
values = ["5", "4.66e-84", "it's"]
table = await mem_db_async.create_table(
"update_expr_literals",
data=[{"field": value, "result": "original"} for value in values],
)
for value in values:
update_res = await table.update({"result": value}, where=col("field") == value)
assert update_res.rows_updated == 1
assert (await table.to_arrow())["result"].to_pylist() == values
def test_create_table(mem_db: DBConnection):
schema = pa.schema(
{
@@ -2343,6 +2359,148 @@ def test_update(mem_db: DBConnection):
assert np.allclose(v, np.array([[1.2, 1.9], [1.1, 1.1]]))
def test_update_expr_filter_literals(mem_db: DBConnection):
values = ["5", "4.66e-84", "it's"]
table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_literals",
data=[{"field": value, "result": "original"} for value in values],
)
for value in values:
update_res = table.update(where=col("field") == value, values={"result": value})
assert update_res.rows_updated == 1
assert table.to_arrow()["result"].to_pylist() == values
def test_update_expr_filter_preserves_typed_semantics(mem_db: DBConnection):
low = Decimal("1.234567890123456789")
high = Decimal("1.234567890123456790")
decimal_schema = pa.schema(
[("val", pa.decimal128(19, 18)), ("result", pa.string())]
)
decimal_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_decimal",
pa.table(
{"val": [low, high], "result": ["old", "old"]},
schema=decimal_schema,
),
)
predicate = col("val") < lit(high)
assert decimal_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 1
result = decimal_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 1
keyword_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_keyword", [{"null": 1, "result": "old"}]
)
predicate = col("null") == 1
assert keyword_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 1
result = keyword_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 1
empty_in_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_empty_in", [{"id": 1, "result": "old"}]
)
predicate = col("id").isin([])
assert empty_in_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 0
result = empty_in_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 0
marker = "__lancedb_binary_placeholder_0__"
binary_schema = pa.schema(
[("payload", pa.binary()), ("text", pa.string()), ("result", pa.string())]
)
binary_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_binary",
pa.table(
{
"payload": [b"\x01", b"\x02"],
"text": ["other", marker],
"result": ["old", "old"],
},
schema=binary_schema,
),
)
predicate = (col("payload") == lit(b"\x01")) | (col("text") == marker)
assert binary_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 2
result = binary_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 2
nonfinite_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_nonfinite",
[{"x": 1.0, "result": "old"}, {"x": 2.0, "result": "old"}],
)
predicate = col("x") < float("inf")
assert nonfinite_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 2
result = nonfinite_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 2
float16_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_float16",
[{"x": 1.0, "result": "old"}, {"x": 3.0, "result": "old"}],
)
predicate = col("x").cast(pa.float16()) < 2.0
assert float16_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 1
result = float16_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 1
string_cast_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_string_cast",
[{"x": 1, "result": "old"}, {"x": 2, "result": "old"}],
)
predicate = col("x").cast("string") == "1"
assert string_cast_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 1
result = string_cast_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 1
quoted_identifier_schema = pa.schema(
[("payload", pa.binary()), ("odd'name", pa.int64()), ("result", pa.string())]
)
quoted_identifier_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_quoted_identifier",
pa.table(
{"payload": [b"\x01"], "odd'name": [1], "result": ["old"]},
schema=quoted_identifier_schema,
),
)
predicate = (col("payload") == lit(b"\x01")) & (col("odd'name") == 1)
assert quoted_identifier_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 1
result = quoted_identifier_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 1
decimal256_schema = pa.schema(
[("val", pa.decimal256(40, 2)), ("result", pa.string())]
)
decimal256_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_decimal256",
pa.table(
{
"val": [Decimal("1.00"), Decimal("3.00")],
"result": ["old", "old"],
},
schema=decimal256_schema,
),
)
predicate = col("val") < lit(Decimal("2.00")).cast(pa.decimal256(40, 2))
assert decimal256_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 1
result = decimal256_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 1
binary_empty_table = mem_db.create_table(
"update_expr_binary_empty",
pa.table(
{"payload": [b"\x01", b"\x02"], "result": ["old", "old"]},
schema=pa.schema([("payload", pa.binary()), ("result", pa.string())]),
),
)
predicate = (col("payload") == lit(b"\x01")).isin([])
assert binary_empty_table.search().where(predicate).to_arrow().num_rows == 0
assert predicate.to_sql() == "false"
result = binary_empty_table.update(where=predicate, values={"result": "new"})
assert result.rows_updated == 0
def test_update_with_arrow_scalar(mem_db: DBConnection):
schema = pa.schema({"id": pa.int64(), "vector": pa.list_(pa.float32(), 4)})
table = mem_db.create_table("my_table", schema=schema)