docs: remove incorrect "LanceDb Cloud only" from table_names params

The page_token and limit parameters for table_names() are supported
by both local storage and LanceDB Cloud, not just Cloud as the
docstring incorrectly stated.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.23.0"
+current_version = "0.23.1-beta.1"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

Cargo.lock

@@ -4970,7 +4970,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1-beta.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
@@ -5049,7 +5049,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1-beta.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5069,7 +5069,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.26.1-beta.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",

docs/src/java/java.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.23.0</version>
+    <version>0.23.1-beta.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

java/lancedb-core/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
       <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.23.0-final.0</version>
+      <version>0.23.1-beta.1</version>
       <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 

java/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.23.0-final.0</version>
+    <version>0.23.1-beta.1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>

nodejs/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1-beta.1"
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true

nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.23.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",

nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-x64",
-	"version": "0.23.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-x64.node",

nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.23.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",

nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.23.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",

nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.23.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",

nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.23.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",

nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.23.0",
+  "version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
   "os": [
     "win32"
   ],

nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.23.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",

nodejs/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.23.0",
+  "version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.23.0",
+      "version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"

nodejs/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "ann"
   ],
   "private": false,
-  "version": "0.23.0",
+  "version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",

python/.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.26.1-beta.0"
+current_version = "0.26.1-beta.1"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

python/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.26.1-beta.0"
+version = "0.26.1-beta.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
 license.workspace = true

python/python/lancedb/db.py

@@ -210,10 +210,8 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
         page_token: str, optional
             The token to use for pagination. If not present, start from the beginning.
             Typically, this token is last table name from the previous page.
-            Only supported by LanceDb Cloud.
         limit: int, default 10
             The size of the page to return.
-            Only supported by LanceDb Cloud.
 
         Returns
         -------

python/python/lancedb/table.py

@@ -684,6 +684,24 @@ class Table(ABC):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def to_lance(self, **kwargs) -> lance.LanceDataset:
+        """Return the table as a lance.LanceDataset.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        lance.LanceDataset
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def to_polars(self, **kwargs) -> "pl.DataFrame":
+        """Return the table as a polars.DataFrame.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        polars.DataFrame
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def create_index(
         self,
         metric="l2",

rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1-beta.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true

rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use lance_io::object_store::{LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider, StorageOptionsProvider};
 use lance_namespace::{
     models::{
         CreateEmptyTableRequest, CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateNamespaceResponse,
@@ -19,13 +18,13 @@ use lance_namespace::{
 };
 use lance_namespace_impls::ConnectBuilder;
 
-use crate::connection::ConnectRequest;
 use crate::database::ReadConsistency;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::table::NativeTable;
 
 use super::{
-    listing::ListingDatabase, BaseTable, CloneTableRequest, CreateTableMode,
-    CreateTableRequest as DbCreateTableRequest, Database, OpenTableRequest, TableNamesRequest,
+    BaseTable, CloneTableRequest, CreateTableMode, CreateTableRequest as DbCreateTableRequest,
+    Database, OpenTableRequest, TableNamesRequest,
 };
 
 /// A database implementation that uses lance-namespace for table management
@@ -90,51 +89,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
     }
 }
 
-impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
-    /// Create a temporary listing database for the given location
-    ///
-    /// Merges storage options with priority: connection < user < namespace
-    async fn create_listing_database(
-        &self,
-        location: &str,
-        table_id: Vec<String>,
-        user_storage_options: Option<&HashMap<String, String>>,
-        response_storage_options: Option<&HashMap<String, String>>,
-    ) -> Result<ListingDatabase> {
-        // Merge storage options: connection < user < namespace
-        let mut merged_storage_options = self.storage_options.clone();
-        if let Some(opts) = user_storage_options {
-            merged_storage_options.extend(opts.clone());
-        }
-        if let Some(opts) = response_storage_options {
-            merged_storage_options.extend(opts.clone());
-        }
-
-        let request = ConnectRequest {
-            uri: location.to_string(),
-            #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-            client_config: Default::default(),
-            options: merged_storage_options,
-            read_consistency_interval: self.read_consistency_interval,
-            session: self.session.clone(),
-        };
-
-        let mut listing_db = ListingDatabase::connect_with_options(&request).await?;
-
-        // Create storage options provider only if namespace returned storage options
-        // (not just user-provided options)
-        if response_storage_options.is_some() {
-            let provider = Arc::new(LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider::new(
-                self.namespace.clone(),
-                table_id,
-            )) as Arc<dyn StorageOptionsProvider>;
-            listing_db.storage_options_provider = Some(provider);
-        }
-
-        Ok(listing_db)
-    }
-}
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
     fn uri(&self) -> &str {
@@ -195,14 +149,6 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
     }
 
     async fn create_table(&self, request: DbCreateTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
-        // Extract user-provided storage options from request
-        let user_storage_options = request
-            .write_options
-            .lance_write_params
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|lwp| lwp.store_params.as_ref())
-            .and_then(|sp| sp.storage_options.as_ref());
-
         let mut table_id = request.namespace.clone();
         table_id.push(request.name.clone());
         let describe_request = DescribeTableRequest {
@@ -235,34 +181,20 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
                 }
             }
             CreateTableMode::ExistOk(_) => {
-                if let Ok(response) = describe_result {
-                    let location = response.location.ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-                        message: "Table location is missing from namespace response".to_string(),
-                    })?;
+                if describe_result.is_ok() {
+                    let native_table = NativeTable::open_from_namespace(
+                        self.namespace.clone(),
+                        &request.name,
+                        request.namespace.clone(),
+                        None,
+                        None,
+                        self.read_consistency_interval,
+                        self.server_side_query_enabled,
+                        self.session.clone(),
+                    )
+                    .await?;
 
-                    let listing_db = self
-                        .create_listing_database(
-                            &location,
-                            table_id.clone(),
-                            user_storage_options,
-                            response.storage_options.as_ref(),
-                        )
-                        .await?;
-
-                    let namespace_client = self
-                        .server_side_query_enabled
-                        .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
-                    return listing_db
-                        .open_table(OpenTableRequest {
-                            name: request.name.clone(),
-                            namespace: request.namespace.clone(),
-                            index_cache_size: None,
-                            lance_read_params: None,
-                            location: Some(location),
-                            namespace_client,
-                        })
-                        .await;
+                    return Ok(Arc::new(native_table));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -294,82 +226,37 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
                 message: "Table location is missing from create_empty_table response".to_string(),
             })?;
 
-        let listing_db = self
-            .create_listing_database(
-                &location,
-                table_id.clone(),
-                user_storage_options,
-                create_empty_response.storage_options.as_ref(),
-            )
-            .await?;
+        let native_table = NativeTable::create_from_namespace(
+            self.namespace.clone(),
+            &location,
+            &request.name,
+            request.namespace.clone(),
+            request.data,
+            None, // write_store_wrapper not used for namespace connections
+            request.write_options.lance_write_params,
+            self.read_consistency_interval,
+            self.server_side_query_enabled,
+            self.session.clone(),
+        )
+        .await?;
 
-        let namespace_client = self
-            .server_side_query_enabled
-            .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
-        let create_request = DbCreateTableRequest {
-            name: request.name,
-            namespace: request.namespace,
-            data: request.data,
-            mode: request.mode,
-            write_options: request.write_options,
-            location: Some(location),
-            namespace_client,
-        };
-
-        listing_db.create_table(create_request).await
+        Ok(Arc::new(native_table))
     }
 
     async fn open_table(&self, request: OpenTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
-        // Extract user-provided storage options from request
-        let user_storage_options = request
-            .lance_read_params
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|lrp| lrp.store_options.as_ref())
-            .and_then(|so| so.storage_options.as_ref());
+        let native_table = NativeTable::open_from_namespace(
+            self.namespace.clone(),
+            &request.name,
+            request.namespace.clone(),
+            None, // write_store_wrapper not used for namespace connections
+            request.lance_read_params,
+            self.read_consistency_interval,
+            self.server_side_query_enabled,
+            self.session.clone(),
+        )
+        .await?;
 
-        let mut table_id = request.namespace.clone();
-        table_id.push(request.name.clone());
-
-        let describe_request = DescribeTableRequest {
-            id: Some(table_id.clone()),
-            version: None,
-        };
-        let response = self
-            .namespace
-            .describe_table(describe_request)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to describe table: {}", e),
-            })?;
-
-        let location = response.location.ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-            message: "Table location is missing from namespace response".to_string(),
-        })?;
-
-        let listing_db = self
-            .create_listing_database(
-                &location,
-                table_id.clone(),
-                user_storage_options,
-                response.storage_options.as_ref(),
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-        let namespace_client = self
-            .server_side_query_enabled
-            .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
-        let open_request = OpenTableRequest {
-            name: request.name.clone(),
-            namespace: request.namespace.clone(),
-            index_cache_size: request.index_cache_size,
-            lance_read_params: request.lance_read_params,
-            location: Some(location),
-            namespace_client,
-        };
-
-        listing_db.open_table(open_request).await
+        Ok(Arc::new(native_table))
     }
 
     async fn clone_table(&self, _request: CloneTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {

rust/lancedb/src/table.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use lance::dataset::{
 use lance::dataset::{MergeInsertBuilder as LanceMergeInsertBuilder, WhenNotMatchedBySource};
 use lance::index::vector::utils::infer_vector_dim;
 use lance::index::vector::VectorIndexParams;
-use lance::io::WrappingObjectStore;
+use lance::io::{ObjectStoreParams, WrappingObjectStore};
 use lance_datafusion::exec::{analyze_plan as lance_analyze_plan, execute_plan};
 use lance_datafusion::utils::StreamingWriteSource;
 use lance_index::scalar::{BuiltinIndexType, ScalarIndexParams};
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use lance_index::vector::pq::PQBuildParams;
 use lance_index::vector::sq::builder::SQBuildParams;
 use lance_index::DatasetIndexExt;
 use lance_index::IndexType;
+use lance_io::object_store::LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider;
 use lance_namespace::models::{
     QueryTableRequest as NsQueryTableRequest, QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery,
     QueryTableRequestVector, StringFtsQuery,
@@ -1611,6 +1612,105 @@ impl NativeTable {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Opens an existing Table using a namespace client.
+    ///
+    /// This method uses `DatasetBuilder::from_namespace` to open the table, which
+    /// automatically fetches the table location and storage options from the namespace.
+    /// This eliminates the need to pre-fetch and merge storage options before opening.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `namespace_client` - The namespace client to use for fetching table metadata
+    /// * `name` - The table name
+    /// * `namespace` - The namespace path (e.g., vec!["parent", "child"])
+    /// * `write_store_wrapper` - Optional wrapper for the object store on write path
+    /// * `params` - Optional read parameters
+    /// * `read_consistency_interval` - Optional interval for read consistency
+    /// * `server_side_query_enabled` - Whether to enable server-side query execution.
+    ///   When true, the namespace_client will be stored and queries will be executed
+    ///   on the namespace server. When false, the namespace is only used for opening
+    ///   the table, and queries are executed locally.
+    /// * `session` - Optional session for object stores and caching
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    ///
+    /// * A [NativeTable] object.
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub async fn open_from_namespace(
+        namespace_client: Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>,
+        name: &str,
+        namespace: Vec<String>,
+        write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
+        params: Option<ReadParams>,
+        read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
+        server_side_query_enabled: bool,
+        session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut params = params.unwrap_or_default();
+
+        // Set the session in read params
+        if let Some(sess) = session {
+            params.session(sess);
+        }
+
+        // patch the params if we have a write store wrapper
+        let params = match write_store_wrapper.clone() {
+            Some(wrapper) => params.patch_with_store_wrapper(wrapper)?,
+            None => params,
+        };
+
+        // Build table_id from namespace + name
+        let mut table_id = namespace.clone();
+        table_id.push(name.to_string());
+
+        // Use DatasetBuilder::from_namespace which automatically fetches location
+        // and storage options from the namespace
+        let builder = DatasetBuilder::from_namespace(
+            namespace_client.clone(),
+            table_id,
+            false, // Don't ignore namespace storage options
+        )
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| match e {
+            lance::Error::Namespace { source, .. } => Error::Runtime {
+                message: format!("Failed to get table info from namespace: {:?}", source),
+            },
+            source => Error::Lance { source },
+        })?;
+
+        let dataset = builder
+            .with_read_params(params)
+            .load()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| match e {
+                lance::Error::DatasetNotFound { .. } => Error::TableNotFound {
+                    name: name.to_string(),
+                    source: Box::new(e),
+                },
+                source => Error::Lance { source },
+            })?;
+
+        let uri = dataset.uri().to_string();
+        let dataset = DatasetConsistencyWrapper::new_latest(dataset, read_consistency_interval);
+        let id = Self::build_id(&namespace, name);
+
+        let stored_namespace_client = if server_side_query_enabled {
+            Some(namespace_client)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            namespace,
+            id,
+            uri,
+            dataset,
+            read_consistency_interval,
+            namespace_client: stored_namespace_client,
+        })
+    }
+
     fn get_table_name(uri: &str) -> Result<String> {
         let path = Path::new(uri);
         let name = path
@@ -1722,6 +1822,102 @@ impl NativeTable {
         .await
     }
 
+    /// Creates a new Table using a namespace client for storage options.
+    ///
+    /// This method sets up a `StorageOptionsProvider` from the namespace client,
+    /// enabling automatic credential refresh for cloud storage. The namespace
+    /// is used for:
+    /// 1. Setting up storage options provider for credential vending
+    /// 2. Optionally enabling server-side query execution
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `namespace_client` - The namespace client to use for storage options
+    /// * `uri` - The URI to the table (obtained from create_empty_table response)
+    /// * `name` - The table name
+    /// * `namespace` - The namespace path (e.g., vec!["parent", "child"])
+    /// * `batches` - RecordBatch to be saved in the database
+    /// * `write_store_wrapper` - Optional wrapper for the object store on write path
+    /// * `params` - Optional write parameters
+    /// * `read_consistency_interval` - Optional interval for read consistency
+    /// * `server_side_query_enabled` - Whether to enable server-side query execution
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    ///
+    /// * A [NativeTable] object.
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub async fn create_from_namespace(
+        namespace_client: Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>,
+        uri: &str,
+        name: &str,
+        namespace: Vec<String>,
+        batches: impl StreamingWriteSource,
+        write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
+        params: Option<WriteParams>,
+        read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
+        server_side_query_enabled: bool,
+        session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        // Build table_id from namespace + name for the storage options provider
+        let mut table_id = namespace.clone();
+        table_id.push(name.to_string());
+
+        // Set up storage options provider from namespace
+        let storage_options_provider = Arc::new(LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider::new(
+            namespace_client.clone(),
+            table_id,
+        ));
+
+        // Start with provided params or defaults
+        let mut params = params.unwrap_or_default();
+
+        // Set the session in write params
+        if let Some(sess) = session {
+            params.session = Some(sess);
+        }
+
+        // Ensure store_params exists and set the storage options provider
+        let store_params = params
+            .store_params
+            .get_or_insert_with(ObjectStoreParams::default);
+        store_params.storage_options_provider = Some(storage_options_provider);
+
+        // Patch the params if we have a write store wrapper
+        let params = match write_store_wrapper.clone() {
+            Some(wrapper) => params.patch_with_store_wrapper(wrapper)?,
+            None => params,
+        };
+
+        let insert_builder = InsertBuilder::new(uri).with_params(&params);
+        let dataset = insert_builder
+            .execute_stream(batches)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| match e {
+                lance::Error::DatasetAlreadyExists { .. } => Error::TableAlreadyExists {
+                    name: name.to_string(),
+                },
+                source => Error::Lance { source },
+            })?;
+
+        let id = Self::build_id(&namespace, name);
+
+        let stored_namespace_client = if server_side_query_enabled {
+            Some(namespace_client)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            namespace,
+            id,
+            uri: uri.to_string(),
+            dataset: DatasetConsistencyWrapper::new_latest(dataset, read_consistency_interval),
+            read_consistency_interval,
+            namespace_client: stored_namespace_client,
+        })
+    }
+
     async fn optimize_indices(&self, options: &OptimizeOptions) -> Result<()> {
         info!("LanceDB: optimizing indices: {:?}", options);
         self.dataset