update for release

python/lancedb/embeddings.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def with_embeddings(
     if show_progress:
         func = func.show_progress()
     if isinstance(data, pd.DataFrame):
-        data = pa.Table.from_pandas(data)
+        data = pa.Table.from_pandas(data, preserve_index=False)
     embeddings = func(data[column].to_numpy())
     table = vec_to_table(np.array(embeddings))
     return data.append_column("vector", table["vector"])
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ class EmbeddingFunction:
 
             yield from tqdm(_chunker(arr), total=math.ceil(length / self._batch_size))
         else:
-            return _chunker(arr)
+            yield from _chunker(arr)

python/lancedb/table.py

@@ -55,6 +55,27 @@ class LanceTable:
         """Return the schema of the table."""
         return self._dataset.schema
 
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self._dataset.count_rows()
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"LanceTable({self.name})"
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.__repr__()
+
+    def head(self, n=5) -> pa.Table:
+        """Return the first n rows of the table."""
+        return self._dataset.head(n)
+
+    def to_pandas(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        """Return the table as a pandas DataFrame."""
+        return self.to_arrow().to_pandas()
+
+    def to_arrow(self) -> pa.Table:
+        """Return the table as a pyarrow Table."""
+        return self._dataset.to_table()
+
     @property
     def _dataset_uri(self) -> str:
         return os.path.join(self._conn.uri, f"{self.name}.lance")