feat: allow bitmap indexes on large-string, binary, large-binary, and bitmap (#2678)

The underlying `pylance` already supported this, it was just blocked out
by an over-eager validation function

Closes #1981

python/python/tests/test_index.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ async def some_table(db_async):
             "tags": [
                 [f"tag{random.randint(0, 8)}" for _ in range(2)] for _ in range(NROWS)
             ],
+            "is_active": [random.choice([True, False]) for _ in range(NROWS)],
+            "data": [random.randbytes(random.randint(0, 128)) for _ in range(NROWS)],
         }
     )
     return await db_async.create_table(
@@ -99,10 +101,17 @@ async def test_create_fixed_size_binary_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_create_bitmap_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
     await some_table.create_index("id", config=Bitmap())
+    await some_table.create_index("is_active", config=Bitmap())
+    await some_table.create_index("data", config=Bitmap())
     indices = await some_table.list_indices()
-    assert str(indices) == '[Index(Bitmap, columns=["id"], name="id_idx")]'
-    indices = await some_table.list_indices()
-    assert len(indices) == 1
+    assert len(indices) == 3
+    assert indices[0].index_type == "Bitmap"
+    assert indices[0].columns == ["id"]
+    assert indices[1].index_type == "Bitmap"
+    assert indices[1].columns == ["is_active"]
+    assert indices[2].index_type == "Bitmap"
+    assert indices[2].columns == ["data"]
+
     index_name = indices[0].name
     stats = await some_table.index_stats(index_name)
     assert stats.index_type == "BITMAP"
@@ -111,6 +120,11 @@ async def test_create_bitmap_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
     assert stats.num_unindexed_rows == 0
     assert stats.num_indices == 1
 
+    assert (
+        "ScalarIndexQuery"
+        in await some_table.query().where("is_active = TRUE").explain_plan()
+    )
+
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_create_label_list_index(some_table: AsyncTable):

rust/lancedb/src/table.rs

@@ -2760,6 +2760,7 @@ mod tests {
         RecordBatchReader, StringArray, TimestampMillisecondArray, TimestampNanosecondArray,
         UInt32Array,
     };
+    use arrow_array::{BinaryArray, LargeBinaryArray};
     use arrow_data::ArrayDataBuilder;
     use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema, TimeUnit};
     use futures::TryStreamExt;
@@ -3725,6 +3726,10 @@ mod tests {
         let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
             Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false),
             Field::new("category", DataType::Utf8, true),
+            Field::new("large_category", DataType::LargeUtf8, true),
+            Field::new("is_active", DataType::Boolean, true),
+            Field::new("data", DataType::Binary, true),
+            Field::new("large_data", DataType::LargeBinary, true),
         ]));
 
         let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
@@ -3734,6 +3739,16 @@ mod tests {
                 Arc::new(StringArray::from_iter_values(
                     (0..100).map(|i| format!("category_{}", i % 5)),
                 )),
+                Arc::new(LargeStringArray::from_iter_values(
+                    (0..100).map(|i| format!("large_category_{}", i % 5)),
+                )),
+                Arc::new(BooleanArray::from_iter((0..100).map(|i| Some(i % 2 == 0)))),
+                Arc::new(BinaryArray::from_iter_values(
+                    (0_u32..100).map(|i| i.to_le_bytes()),
+                )),
+                Arc::new(LargeBinaryArray::from_iter_values(
+                    (0_u32..100).map(|i| i.to_le_bytes()),
+                )),
             ],
         )
         .unwrap();
@@ -3754,12 +3769,58 @@ mod tests {
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
+        // Create bitmap index on the "is_active" column
+        table
+            .create_index(&["is_active"], Index::Bitmap(Default::default()))
+            .execute()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Create bitmap index on the "data" column
+        table
+            .create_index(&["data"], Index::Bitmap(Default::default()))
+            .execute()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Create bitmap index on the "large_data" column
+        table
+            .create_index(&["large_data"], Index::Bitmap(Default::default()))
+            .execute()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Create bitmap index on the "large_category" column
+        table
+            .create_index(&["large_category"], Index::Bitmap(Default::default()))
+            .execute()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
         // Verify the index was created
         let index_configs = table.list_indices().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(index_configs.len(), 1);
-        let index = index_configs.into_iter().next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(index_configs.len(), 5);
+
+        let mut configs_iter = index_configs.into_iter();
+        let index = configs_iter.next().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(index.index_type, crate::index::IndexType::Bitmap);
         assert_eq!(index.columns, vec!["category".to_string()]);
+
+        let index = configs_iter.next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(index.index_type, crate::index::IndexType::Bitmap);
+        assert_eq!(index.columns, vec!["is_active".to_string()]);
+
+        let index = configs_iter.next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(index.index_type, crate::index::IndexType::Bitmap);
+        assert_eq!(index.columns, vec!["data".to_string()]);
+
+        let index = configs_iter.next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(index.index_type, crate::index::IndexType::Bitmap);
+        assert_eq!(index.columns, vec!["large_data".to_string()]);
+
+        let index = configs_iter.next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(index.index_type, crate::index::IndexType::Bitmap);
+        assert_eq!(index.columns, vec!["large_category".to_string()]);
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]

rust/lancedb/src/utils.rs

@@ -195,7 +195,15 @@ pub fn supported_btree_data_type(dtype: &DataType) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn supported_bitmap_data_type(dtype: &DataType) -> bool {
-    dtype.is_integer() || matches!(dtype, DataType::Utf8)
+    dtype.is_integer()
+        || matches!(
+            dtype,
+            DataType::Utf8
+                | DataType::LargeUtf8
+                | DataType::Binary
+                | DataType::LargeBinary
+                | DataType::Boolean
+        )
 }
 
 pub fn supported_label_list_data_type(dtype: &DataType) -> bool {