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feat: Node Schema API (#717 )
Updating package-lock.json
2025-12-23 05:19:58 +00:00 · 2023-12-20 11:42:52 -08:00 · 2023-12-20 12:16:40 -05:00 · 2023-12-18 18:15:50 +00:00 · 2023-12-18 17:29:58 +00:00 · 2023-12-18 17:29:47 +00:00
32 changed files with 1153 additions and 210 deletions
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.3.9
+current_version = 0.4.0
 commit = True
 message = Bump version: {current_version} → {new_version}
 tag = True
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -38,13 +38,17 @@ jobs:
            node/vectordb-*.tgz

  node-macos:
-    runs-on: macos-13
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - arch: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            runner: macos-13
+          - arch: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            # xlarge is implicitly arm64.
+            runner: macos-13-xlarge
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        target: [x86_64-apple-darwin, aarch64-apple-darwin]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -54,17 +58,15 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          cd node
          npm ci
-      - name: Install rustup target
-        if: ${{ matrix.target == 'aarch64-apple-darwin' }}
-        run: rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
      - name: Build MacOS native node modules
-        run: bash ci/build_macos_artifacts.sh ${{ matrix.target }}
+        run: bash ci/build_macos_artifacts.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
      - name: Upload Darwin Artifacts
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: native-darwin
          path: |
            node/dist/lancedb-vectordb-darwin*.tgz
+         

  node-linux:
    name: node-linux (${{ matrix.config.arch}}-unknown-linux-gnu
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -44,12 +44,19 @@ jobs:
      run: pytest -m "not slow" -x -v --durations=30 tests
    - name: doctest
      run: pytest --doctest-modules lancedb
-  mac:
+  platform:
+    name: "Platform: ${{ matrix.config.name }}"
    timeout-minutes: 30
    strategy:
      matrix:
-        mac-runner: [ "macos-13", "macos-13-xlarge" ]
-    runs-on: "${{ matrix.mac-runner }}"
+        config: 
+          - name: x86 Mac
+            runner: macos-13
+          - name: Arm Mac
+            runner: macos-13-xlarge
+          - name: x86 Windows
+            runner: windows-latest
+    runs-on: "${{ matrix.config.runner }}"
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash
@@ -91,11 +98,7 @@ jobs:
        pip install "pydantic<2"
        pip install -e .[tests]
        pip install tantivy@git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy-py#164adc87e1a033117001cf70e38c82a53014d985
-        pip install pytest pytest-mock black isort
-    - name: Black
-      run: black --check --diff --no-color --quiet .
-    - name: isort
-      run: isort --check --diff --quiet .
+        pip install pytest pytest-mock
    - name: Run tests
      run: pytest -m "not slow" -x -v --durations=30 tests
    - name: doctest
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ exclude = ["python"]
 resolver = "2"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=0.8.17", "features" = ["dynamodb"] }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=0.8.17" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=0.8.17" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=0.8.17" }
+lance = { "version" = "=0.9.0", "features" = ["dynamodb"] }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=0.9.0" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=0.9.0" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=0.9.0" }
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "47.0.0", optional = false }
 arrow-array = "47.0"
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@

 **Developer-friendly, serverless vector database for AI applications**

-<a href="https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/">Documentation</a> •
-<a href="https://blog.lancedb.com/">Blog</a> •
-<a href="https://discord.gg/zMM32dvNtd">Discord</a> •
-<a href="https://twitter.com/lancedb">Twitter</a>
+<a href='https://github.com/lancedb/vectordb-recipes/tree/main' target="_blank"><img alt='LanceDB' src='https://img.shields.io/badge/VectorDB_Recipes-100000?style=for-the-badge&logo=LanceDB&logoColor=white&labelColor=645cfb&color=645cfb'/></a>
+<a href='https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/' target="_blank"><img alt='lancdb' src='https://img.shields.io/badge/DOCS-100000?style=for-the-badge&logo=lancdb&logoColor=white&labelColor=645cfb&color=645cfb'/></a>
+[![Medium](https://img.shields.io/badge/Medium-12100E?style=for-the-badge&logo=medium&logoColor=white)](https://blog.lancedb.com/) 
+[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-%235865F2.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=discord&logoColor=white)](https://discord.gg/zMM32dvNtd) 
+[![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/badge/Twitter-%231DA1F2.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=Twitter&logoColor=white)](https://twitter.com/lancedb)

 </p>

--- a/docs/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/docs/mkdocs.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ nav:
    - Ingest Embedding Functions: embeddings/embedding_functions.md
    - Available Functions: embeddings/default_embedding_functions.md
    - Create Custom Embedding Functions: embeddings/api.md
-    - Example - Calculate CLIP Embeddings with Roboflow Inference: examples/image_embeddings_roboflow.md
    - Example - Multi-lingual semantic search: notebooks/multi_lingual_example.ipynb
    - Example - MultiModal CLIP Embeddings: notebooks/DisappearingEmbeddingFunction.ipynb
  - 🔍 Python full-text search: fts.md
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ nav:
    - YouTube Transcript Search: notebooks/youtube_transcript_search.ipynb
    - Documentation QA Bot using LangChain: notebooks/code_qa_bot.ipynb
    - Multimodal search using CLIP: notebooks/multimodal_search.ipynb
+    - Example - Calculate CLIP Embeddings with Roboflow Inference: examples/image_embeddings_roboflow.md
    - Serverless QA Bot with S3 and Lambda: examples/serverless_lancedb_with_s3_and_lambda.md
    - Serverless QA Bot with Modal: examples/serverless_qa_bot_with_modal_and_langchain.md
  - 🌐 Javascript examples:
--- a/node/package-lock.json
+++ b/node/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "vectordb",
-  "version": "0.3.9",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
  "lockfileVersion": 2,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "vectordb",
-      "version": "0.3.9",
+      "version": "0.4.0",
      "cpu": [
        "x64",
        "arm64"
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
        "uuid": "^9.0.0"
      },
      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-arm64": "0.3.9",
-        "@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-x64": "0.3.9",
-        "@lancedb/vectordb-linux-arm64-gnu": "0.3.9",
-        "@lancedb/vectordb-linux-x64-gnu": "0.3.9",
-        "@lancedb/vectordb-win32-x64-msvc": "0.3.9"
+        "@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-arm64": "0.4.0",
+        "@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-x64": "0.4.0",
+        "@lancedb/vectordb-linux-arm64-gnu": "0.4.0",
+        "@lancedb/vectordb-linux-x64-gnu": "0.4.0",
+        "@lancedb/vectordb-win32-x64-msvc": "0.4.0"
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@apache-arrow/ts": {
@@ -316,10 +316,22 @@
        "@jridgewell/sourcemap-codec": "^1.4.10"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-arm64": {
+      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-arm64/-/vectordb-darwin-arm64-0.4.0.tgz",
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+      "cpu": [
+        "arm64"
+      ],
+      "optional": true,
+      "os": [
+        "darwin"
+      ]
+    },
    "node_modules/@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-x64": {
-      "version": "0.3.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-x64/-/vectordb-darwin-x64-0.3.9.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4xXQoPheyIl1P5kRoKmZtaAHFrYdL9pw5yq+r6ewIx0TCemN4LSvzSUTqM5nZl3QPU8FeL0CGD8Gt2gMU0HQ2A==",
+      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-x64/-/vectordb-darwin-x64-0.4.0.tgz",
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        "x64"
      ],
@@ -329,9 +341,9 @@
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-      "version": "0.3.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lancedb/vectordb-linux-arm64-gnu/-/vectordb-linux-arm64-gnu-0.3.9.tgz",
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+      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lancedb/vectordb-linux-arm64-gnu/-/vectordb-linux-arm64-gnu-0.4.0.tgz",
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      "cpu": [
        "arm64"
      ],
@@ -341,9 +353,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lancedb/vectordb-linux-x64-gnu/-/vectordb-linux-x64-gnu-0.4.0.tgz",
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        "x64"
      ],
@@ -353,9 +365,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lancedb/vectordb-win32-x64-msvc/-/vectordb-win32-x64-msvc-0.3.9.tgz",
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        "x64"
      ],
@@ -4856,28 +4868,34 @@
        "@jridgewell/sourcemap-codec": "^1.4.10"
      }
    },
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--- a/node/package.json
+++ b/node/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "vectordb",
-  "version": "0.3.9",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
  "description": " Serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@
    }
  },
  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-arm64": "0.3.9",
-    "@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-x64": "0.3.9",
-    "@lancedb/vectordb-linux-arm64-gnu": "0.3.9",
-    "@lancedb/vectordb-linux-x64-gnu": "0.3.9",
-    "@lancedb/vectordb-win32-x64-msvc": "0.3.9"
+    "@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-arm64": "0.4.0",
+    "@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-x64": "0.4.0",
+    "@lancedb/vectordb-linux-arm64-gnu": "0.4.0",
+    "@lancedb/vectordb-linux-x64-gnu": "0.4.0",
+    "@lancedb/vectordb-win32-x64-msvc": "0.4.0"
  }
 }
--- a/node/src/index.ts
+++ b/node/src/index.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ import type { EmbeddingFunction } from './embedding/embedding_function'
 import { RemoteConnection } from './remote'
 import { Query } from './query'
 import { isEmbeddingFunction } from './embedding/embedding_function'
+import { type Literal, toSQL } from './util'

 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-const { databaseNew, databaseTableNames, databaseOpenTable, databaseDropTable, tableCreate, tableAdd, tableCreateVectorIndex, tableCountRows, tableDelete, tableCleanupOldVersions, tableCompactFiles, tableListIndices, tableIndexStats } = require('../native.js')
+const { databaseNew, databaseTableNames, databaseOpenTable, databaseDropTable, tableCreate, tableAdd, tableCreateVectorIndex, tableCountRows, tableDelete, tableUpdate, tableCleanupOldVersions, tableCompactFiles, tableListIndices, tableIndexStats } = require('../native.js')

 export { Query }
 export type { EmbeddingFunction }
@@ -261,6 +262,39 @@ export interface Table<T = number[]> {
   */
  delete: (filter: string) => Promise<void>

+  /**
+   * Update rows in this table.
+   *
+   * This can be used to update a single row, many rows, all rows, or
+   * sometimes no rows (if your predicate matches nothing).
+   *
+   * @param args see {@link UpdateArgs} and {@link UpdateSqlArgs} for more details
+   *
+   * @examples
+   *
+   * ```ts
+   * const con = await lancedb.connect("./.lancedb")
+   * const data = [
+   *    {id: 1, vector: [3, 3], name: 'Ye'},
+   *    {id: 2, vector: [4, 4], name: 'Mike'},
+   * ];
+   * const tbl = await con.createTable("my_table", data)
+   *
+   * await tbl.update({
+   *   filter: "id = 2",
+   *   updates: { vector: [2, 2], name: "Michael" },
+   * })
+   *
+   * let results = await tbl.search([1, 1]).execute();
+   * // Returns [
+   * //   {id: 2, vector: [2, 2], name: 'Michael'}
+   * //   {id: 1, vector: [3, 3], name: 'Ye'}
+   * // ]
+   * ```
+   *
+   */
+  update: (args: UpdateArgs | UpdateSqlArgs) => Promise<void>
+
  /**
   * List the indicies on this table.
   */
@@ -272,6 +306,34 @@ export interface Table<T = number[]> {
  indexStats: (indexUuid: string) => Promise<IndexStats>
 }

+export interface UpdateArgs {
+  /**
+   * A filter in the same format used by a sql WHERE clause. The filter may be empty,
+   * in which case all rows will be updated.
+   */
+  where?: string
+
+  /**
+   * A key-value map of updates. The keys are the column names, and the values are the
+   * new values to set
+   */
+  values: Record<string, Literal>
+}
+
+export interface UpdateSqlArgs {
+  /**
+   * A filter in the same format used by a sql WHERE clause. The filter may be empty,
+   * in which case all rows will be updated.
+   */
+  where?: string
+
+  /**
+   * A key-value map of updates. The keys are the column names, and the values are the
+   * new values to set as SQL expressions.
+   */
+  valuesSql: Record<string, string>
+}
+
 export interface VectorIndex {
  columns: string[]
  name: string
@@ -426,6 +488,16 @@ export class LocalTable<T = number[]> implements Table<T> {
    return new Query(query, this._tbl, this._embeddings)
  }

+  /**
+   * Creates a filter query to find all rows matching the specified criteria
+   * @param value The filter criteria (like SQL where clause syntax)
+   */
+  filter (value: string): Query<T> {
+    return new Query(undefined, this._tbl, this._embeddings).filter(value)
+  }
+
+  where = this.filter
+
  /**
   * Insert records into this Table.
   *
@@ -481,6 +553,31 @@ export class LocalTable<T = number[]> implements Table<T> {
    return tableDelete.call(this._tbl, filter).then((newTable: any) => { this._tbl = newTable })
  }

+  /**
+   * Update rows in this table.
+   *
+   * @param args see {@link UpdateArgs} and {@link UpdateSqlArgs} for more details
+   *
+   * @returns
+   */
+  async update (args: UpdateArgs | UpdateSqlArgs): Promise<void> {
+    let filter: string | null
+    let updates: Record<string, string>
+
+    if ('valuesSql' in args) {
+      filter = args.where ?? null
+      updates = args.valuesSql
+    } else {
+      filter = args.where ?? null
+      updates = {}
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(args.values)) {
+        updates[key] = toSQL(value)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return tableUpdate.call(this._tbl, filter, updates).then((newTable: any) => { this._tbl = newTable })
+  }
+
  /**
   * Clean up old versions of the table, freeing disk space.
   *
--- a/node/src/query.ts
+++ b/node/src/query.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ const { tableSearch } = require('../native.js')
 * A builder for nearest neighbor queries for LanceDB.
 */
 export class Query<T = number[]> {
-  private readonly _query: T
+  private readonly _query?: T
  private readonly _tbl?: any
  private _queryVector?: number[]
-  private _limit: number
+  private _limit?: number
  private _refineFactor?: number
  private _nprobes: number
  private _select?: string[]
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ export class Query<T = number[]> {
  private _prefilter: boolean
  protected readonly _embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>

-  constructor (query: T, tbl?: any, embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>) {
+  constructor (query?: T, tbl?: any, embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>) {
    this._tbl = tbl
    this._query = query
-    this._limit = 10
+    this._limit = undefined
    this._nprobes = 20
    this._refineFactor = undefined
    this._select = undefined
@@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ export class Query<T = number[]> {
     * Execute the query and return the results as an Array of Objects
     */
  async execute<T = Record<string, unknown>> (): Promise<T[]> {
-    if (this._embeddings !== undefined) {
-      this._queryVector = (await this._embeddings.embed([this._query]))[0]
-    } else {
-      this._queryVector = this._query as number[]
+    if (this._query !== undefined) {
+      if (this._embeddings !== undefined) {
+        this._queryVector = (await this._embeddings.embed([this._query]))[0]
+      } else {
+        this._queryVector = this._query as number[]
+      }
    }

    const isElectron = this.isElectron()
--- a/node/src/remote/index.ts
+++ b/node/src/remote/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import {
  type EmbeddingFunction, type Table, type VectorIndexParams, type Connection,
  type ConnectionOptions, type CreateTableOptions, type VectorIndex,
  type WriteOptions,
-  type IndexStats
+  type IndexStats,
+  type UpdateArgs, type UpdateSqlArgs
 } from '../index'
 import { Query } from '../query'

@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import { Vector, Table as ArrowTable } from 'apache-arrow'
 import { HttpLancedbClient } from './client'
 import { isEmbeddingFunction } from '../embedding/embedding_function'
 import { createEmptyTable, fromRecordsToStreamBuffer, fromTableToStreamBuffer } from '../arrow'
+import { toSQL } from '../util'

 /**
 * Remote connection.
@@ -193,6 +195,17 @@ export class RemoteTable<T = number[]> implements Table<T> {
    return this._name
  }

+  get schema (): Promise<any> {
+    return this._client.post(`/v1/table/${this._name}/describe/`).then(res => {
+      if (res.status !== 200) {
+        throw new Error(`Server Error, status: ${res.status}, ` +
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+          `message: ${res.statusText}: ${res.data}`)
+      }
+      return res.data?.schema
+    })
+  }
+
  search (query: T): Query<T> {
    return new RemoteQuery(query, this._client, this._name)//, this._embeddings_new)
  }
@@ -246,6 +259,26 @@ export class RemoteTable<T = number[]> implements Table<T> {
    await this._client.post(`/v1/table/${this._name}/delete/`, { predicate: filter })
  }

+  async update (args: UpdateArgs | UpdateSqlArgs): Promise<void> {
+    let filter: string | null
+    let updates: Record<string, string>
+
+    if ('valuesSql' in args) {
+      filter = args.where ?? null
+      updates = args.valuesSql
+    } else {
+      filter = args.where ?? null
+      updates = {}
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(args.values)) {
+        updates[key] = toSQL(value)
+      }
+    }
+    await this._client.post(`/v1/table/${this._name}/update/`, {
+      predicate: filter,
+      updates: Object.entries(updates).map(([key, value]) => [key, value])
+    })
+  }
+
  async listIndices (): Promise<VectorIndex[]> {
    const results = await this._client.post(`/v1/table/${this._name}/index/list/`)
    return results.data.indexes?.map((index: any) => ({
--- a/node/src/test/test.ts
+++ b/node/src/test/test.ts
@@ -78,12 +78,31 @@ describe('LanceDB client', function () {
    })

    it('limits # of results', async function () {
-      const uri = await createTestDB()
+      const uri = await createTestDB(2, 100)
      const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
      const table = await con.openTable('vectors')
-      const results = await table.search([0.1, 0.3]).limit(1).execute()
+      let results = await table.search([0.1, 0.3]).limit(1).execute()
      assert.equal(results.length, 1)
      assert.equal(results[0].id, 1)
+
+      // there is a default limit if unspecified
+      results = await table.search([0.1, 0.3]).execute()
+      assert.equal(results.length, 10)
+    })
+
+    it('uses a filter / where clause without vector search', async function () {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type
+      const assertResults = (results: Array<Record<string, unknown>>) => {
+        assert.equal(results.length, 50)
+      }
+
+      const uri = await createTestDB(2, 100)
+      const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
+      const table = (await con.openTable('vectors')) as LocalTable
+      let results = await table.filter('id % 2 = 0').execute()
+      assertResults(results)
+      results = await table.where('id % 2 = 0').execute()
+      assertResults(results)
    })

    it('uses a filter / where clause', async function () {
@@ -260,6 +279,46 @@ describe('LanceDB client', function () {
      assert.equal(await table.countRows(), 2)
    })

+    it('can update records in the table', async function () {
+      const uri = await createTestDB()
+      const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
+
+      const table = await con.openTable('vectors')
+      assert.equal(await table.countRows(), 2)
+
+      await table.update({ where: 'price = 10', valuesSql: { price: '100' } })
+      const results = await table.search([0.1, 0.2]).execute()
+      assert.equal(results[0].price, 100)
+      assert.equal(results[1].price, 11)
+    })
+
+    it('can update the records using a literal value', async function () {
+      const uri = await createTestDB()
+      const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
+
+      const table = await con.openTable('vectors')
+      assert.equal(await table.countRows(), 2)
+
+      await table.update({ where: 'price = 10', values: { price: 100 } })
+      const results = await table.search([0.1, 0.2]).execute()
+      assert.equal(results[0].price, 100)
+      assert.equal(results[1].price, 11)
+    })
+
+    it('can update every record in the table', async function () {
+      const uri = await createTestDB()
+      const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
+
+      const table = await con.openTable('vectors')
+      assert.equal(await table.countRows(), 2)
+
+      await table.update({ valuesSql: { price: '100' } })
+      const results = await table.search([0.1, 0.2]).execute()
+
+      assert.equal(results[0].price, 100)
+      assert.equal(results[1].price, 100)
+    })
+
    it('can delete records from a table', async function () {
      const uri = await createTestDB()
      const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
@@ -542,7 +601,7 @@ describe('Compact and cleanup', function () {

    // should have no effect, but this validates the arguments are parsed.
    await table.compactFiles({
-      targetRowsPerFragment: 1024 * 10,
+      targetRowsPerFragment: 102410,
      maxRowsPerGroup: 1024,
      materializeDeletions: true,
      materializeDeletionsThreshold: 0.5,
--- a/node/src/test/util.ts
+++ b/node/src/test/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2023 LanceDB Developers.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import { toSQL } from '../util'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+describe('toSQL', function () {
+  it('should turn string to SQL expression', function () {
+    expect(toSQL('foo')).to.equal("'foo'")
+  })
+
+  it('should turn number to SQL expression', function () {
+    expect(toSQL(123)).to.equal('123')
+  })
+
+  it('should turn boolean to SQL expression', function () {
+    expect(toSQL(true)).to.equal('TRUE')
+  })
+
+  it('should turn null to SQL expression', function () {
+    expect(toSQL(null)).to.equal('NULL')
+  })
+
+  it('should turn Date to SQL expression', function () {
+    const date = new Date('05 October 2011 14:48 UTC')
+    expect(toSQL(date)).to.equal("'2011-10-05T14:48:00.000Z'")
+  })
+
+  it('should turn array to SQL expression', function () {
+    expect(toSQL(['foo', 'bar', true, 1])).to.equal("['foo', 'bar', TRUE, 1]")
+  })
+})
--- a/node/src/util.ts
+++ b/node/src/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright 2023 LanceDB Developers.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+export type Literal = string | number | boolean | null | Date | Literal[]
+
+export function toSQL (value: Literal): string {
+  if (typeof value === 'string') {
+    return `'${value}'`
+  }
+
+  if (typeof value === 'number') {
+    return value.toString()
+  }
+
+  if (typeof value === 'boolean') {
+    return value ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE'
+  }
+
+  if (value === null) {
+    return 'NULL'
+  }
+
+  if (value instanceof Date) {
+    return `'${value.toISOString()}'`
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return `[${value.map(toSQL).join(', ')}]`
+  }
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+  throw new Error(`Unsupported value type: ${typeof value} value: (${value})`)
+}
--- a/python/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/python/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.3.4
+current_version = 0.4.0
 commit = True
 message = [python] Bump version: {current_version} → {new_version}
 tag = True
--- a/python/lancedb/pydantic.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/pydantic.py
@@ -348,3 +348,20 @@ def get_extras(field_info: pydantic.fields.FieldInfo, key: str) -> Any:
    if PYDANTIC_VERSION.major >= 2:
        return (field_info.json_schema_extra or {}).get(key)
    return (field_info.field_info.extra or {}).get("json_schema_extra", {}).get(key)
+
+
+if PYDANTIC_VERSION.major < 2:
+
+    def model_to_dict(model: pydantic.BaseModel) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Convert a Pydantic model to a dictionary.
+        """
+        return model.dict()
+
+else:
+
+    def model_to_dict(model: pydantic.BaseModel) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Convert a Pydantic model to a dictionary.
+        """
+        return model.model_dump()
--- a/python/lancedb/remote/init.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/remote/init.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import attrs
 import pyarrow as pa
 from pydantic import BaseModel

+from lancedb.common import VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME
+
 __all__ = ["LanceDBClient", "VectorQuery", "VectorQueryResult"]


@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ class VectorQuery(BaseModel):

    refine_factor: Optional[int] = None

+    vector_column: str = VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME
+

@attrs.define
 class VectorQueryResult:
--- a/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
            self._loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()

    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"RemoveConnect(name={self.db_name})"
+        return f"RemoteConnect(name={self.db_name})"

    @override
    def table_names(
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        Can create with list of tuples or dictionaries:

        >>> import lancedb
-        >>> db = lancedb.connect("db://test-project-8f45eb")
+        >>> db = lancedb.connect("db://...", api_key="...", region="...") # doctest: +SKIP
        >>> data = [{"vector": [1.1, 1.2], "lat": 45.5, "long": -122.7},
        ...         {"vector": [0.2, 1.8], "lat": 40.1, "long":  -74.1}]
-        >>> db.create_table("my_table", data)
+        >>> db.create_table("my_table", data) # doctest: +SKIP
        LanceTable(my_table)

        You can also pass a pandas DataFrame:
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        ...    "lat": [45.5, 40.1],
        ...    "long": [-122.7, -74.1]
        ... })
-        >>> db.create_table("table2", data)
+        >>> db.create_table("table2", data) # doctest: +SKIP
        LanceTable(table2)

        >>> custom_schema = pa.schema([
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        ...   pa.field("lat", pa.float32()),
        ...   pa.field("long", pa.float32())
        ... ])
-        >>> db.create_table("table3", data, schema = custom_schema)
+        >>> db.create_table("table3", data, schema = custom_schema) # doctest: +SKIP
        LanceTable(table3)

        It is also possible to create an table from `[Iterable[pa.RecordBatch]]`:
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        ...     pa.field("item", pa.utf8()),
        ...     pa.field("price", pa.float32()),
        ... ])
-        >>> db.create_table("table4", make_batches(), schema=schema)
+        >>> db.create_table("table4", make_batches(), schema=schema) # doctest: +SKIP
        LanceTable(table4)

        """
--- a/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@

 import uuid
 from functools import cached_property
-from typing import Optional, Union
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Union

 import pyarrow as pa
 from lance import json_to_schema
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from lancedb.common import DATA, VEC, VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME

 from ..query import LanceVectorQueryBuilder
 from ..table import Query, Table, _sanitize_data
+from ..util import value_to_sql
 from .arrow import to_ipc_binary
 from .client import ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE
 from .db import RemoteDBConnection
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
        >>> import lancedb
        >>> import uuid
        >>> from lancedb.schema import vector
-        >>> conn = lancedb.connect("db://...", api_key="...", region="...")
+        >>> db = lancedb.connect("db://...", api_key="...", region="...") # doctest: +SKIP
        >>> table_name = uuid.uuid4().hex
        >>> schema = pa.schema(
        ...     [
@@ -94,11 +95,11 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
        ...             pa.field("s", pa.string(), False),
        ...     ]
        ... )
-        >>> table = conn.create_table(
-        >>>     table_name,
-        >>>     schema=schema,
-        >>> )
-        >>> table.create_index("L2", "vector")
+        >>> table = db.create_table( # doctest: +SKIP
+        ...     table_name, # doctest: +SKIP
+        ...     schema=schema, # doctest: +SKIP
+        ... )
+        >>> table.create_index("L2", "vector") # doctest: +SKIP
        """
        index_type = "vector"

@@ -173,22 +174,22 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
        Examples
        --------
        >>> import lancedb
-        >>> db = lancedb.connect("db://...", api_key="...", region="...")
+        >>> db = lancedb.connect("db://...", api_key="...", region="...") # doctest: +SKIP
        >>> data = [
        ...    {"original_width": 100, "caption": "bar", "vector": [0.1, 2.3, 4.5]},
        ...    {"original_width": 2000, "caption": "foo",  "vector": [0.5, 3.4, 1.3]},
        ...    {"original_width": 3000, "caption": "test", "vector": [0.3, 6.2, 2.6]}
        ... ]
-        >>> table = db.create_table("my_table", data)
+        >>> table = db.create_table("my_table", data) # doctest: +SKIP
        >>> query = [0.4, 1.4, 2.4]
-        >>> (table.search(query, vector_column_name="vector")
-        ...     .where("original_width > 1000", prefilter=True)
-        ...     .select(["caption", "original_width"])
-        ...     .limit(2)
-        ...     .to_pandas())
-          caption  original_width           vector  _distance
-        0     foo            2000  [0.5, 3.4, 1.3]   5.220000
-        1    test            3000  [0.3, 6.2, 2.6]  23.089996
+        >>> (table.search(query, vector_column_name="vector") # doctest: +SKIP
+        ...     .where("original_width > 1000", prefilter=True) # doctest: +SKIP
+        ...     .select(["caption", "original_width"]) # doctest: +SKIP
+        ...     .limit(2) # doctest: +SKIP
+        ...     .to_pandas()) # doctest: +SKIP
+          caption  original_width           vector  _distance # doctest: +SKIP
+        0     foo            2000  [0.5, 3.4, 1.3]   5.220000 # doctest: +SKIP
+        1    test            3000  [0.3, 6.2, 2.6]  23.089996 # doctest: +SKIP

        Parameters
        ----------
@@ -246,32 +247,92 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
        ...    {"x": 2, "vector": [3, 4]},
        ...    {"x": 3, "vector": [5, 6]}
        ... ]
-        >>> db = lancedb.connect("db://...", api_key="...", region="...")
-        >>> table = db.create_table("my_table", data)
-        >>> table.search([10,10]).to_pandas()
-           x      vector  _distance
-        0  3  [5.0, 6.0]       41.0
-        1  2  [3.0, 4.0]       85.0
-        2  1  [1.0, 2.0]      145.0
-        >>> table.delete("x = 2")
-        >>> table.search([10,10]).to_pandas()
-           x      vector  _distance
-        0  3  [5.0, 6.0]       41.0
-        1  1  [1.0, 2.0]      145.0
+        >>> db = lancedb.connect("db://...", api_key="...", region="...") # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table = db.create_table("my_table", data) # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table.search([10,10]).to_pandas() # doctest: +SKIP
+           x      vector  _distance # doctest: +SKIP
+        0  3  [5.0, 6.0]       41.0 # doctest: +SKIP
+        1  2  [3.0, 4.0]       85.0 # doctest: +SKIP
+        2  1  [1.0, 2.0]      145.0 # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table.delete("x = 2") # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table.search([10,10]).to_pandas() # doctest: +SKIP
+           x      vector  _distance # doctest: +SKIP
+        0  3  [5.0, 6.0]       41.0 # doctest: +SKIP
+        1  1  [1.0, 2.0]      145.0 # doctest: +SKIP

        If you have a list of values to delete, you can combine them into a
        stringified list and use the `IN` operator:

-        >>> to_remove = [1, 3]
-        >>> to_remove = ", ".join([str(v) for v in to_remove])
-        >>> to_remove
-        '1, 3'
-        >>> table.delete(f"x IN ({to_remove})")
-        >>> table.search([10,10]).to_pandas()
-           x      vector  _distance
-        0  2  [3.0, 4.0]       85.0
+        >>> to_remove = [1, 3] # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> to_remove = ", ".join([str(v) for v in to_remove]) # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table.delete(f"x IN ({to_remove})") # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table.search([10,10]).to_pandas() # doctest: +SKIP
+           x      vector  _distance # doctest: +SKIP
+        0  2  [3.0, 4.0]       85.0 # doctest: +SKIP
        """
        payload = {"predicate": predicate}
        self._conn._loop.run_until_complete(
            self._conn._client.post(f"/v1/table/{self._name}/delete/", data=payload)
        )
+
+    def update(
+        self,
+        where: Optional[str] = None,
+        values: Optional[dict] = None,
+        *,
+        values_sql: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    ):
+        """
+        This can be used to update zero to all rows depending on how many
+        rows match the where clause.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        where: str, optional
+            The SQL where clause to use when updating rows. For example, 'x = 2'
+            or 'x IN (1, 2, 3)'. The filter must not be empty, or it will error.
+        values: dict, optional
+            The values to update. The keys are the column names and the values
+            are the values to set.
+        values_sql: dict, optional
+            The values to update, expressed as SQL expression strings. These can
+            reference existing columns. For example, {"x": "x + 1"} will increment
+            the x column by 1.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> import lancedb
+        >>> data = [
+        ...    {"x": 1, "vector": [1, 2]},
+        ...    {"x": 2, "vector": [3, 4]},
+        ...    {"x": 3, "vector": [5, 6]}
+        ... ]
+        >>> db = lancedb.connect("db://...", api_key="...", region="...") # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table = db.create_table("my_table", data) # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table.to_pandas() # doctest: +SKIP
+           x      vector # doctest: +SKIP
+        0  1  [1.0, 2.0] # doctest: +SKIP
+        1  2  [3.0, 4.0] # doctest: +SKIP
+        2  3  [5.0, 6.0] # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table.update(where="x = 2", values={"vector": [10, 10]}) # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> table.to_pandas() # doctest: +SKIP
+           x        vector # doctest: +SKIP
+        0  1    [1.0, 2.0] # doctest: +SKIP
+        1  3    [5.0, 6.0] # doctest: +SKIP
+        2  2  [10.0, 10.0] # doctest: +SKIP
+
+        """
+        if values is not None and values_sql is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Only one of values or values_sql can be provided")
+        if values is None and values_sql is None:
+            raise ValueError("Either values or values_sql must be provided")
+
+        if values is not None:
+            updates = [[k, value_to_sql(v)] for k, v in values.items()]
+        else:
+            updates = [[k, v] for k, v in values_sql.items()]
+
+        payload = {"predicate": where, "updates": updates}
+        self._conn._loop.run_until_complete(
+            self._conn._client.post(f"/v1/table/{self._name}/update/", data=payload)
+        )
--- a/python/lancedb/table.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/table.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import inspect
 import os
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from functools import cached_property
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterable, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union

 import lance
 import numpy as np
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ from lance.vector import vec_to_table

 from .common import DATA, VEC, VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME
 from .embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionConfig, EmbeddingFunctionRegistry
-from .pydantic import LanceModel
+from .pydantic import LanceModel, model_to_dict
 from .query import LanceQueryBuilder, Query
-from .util import fs_from_uri, safe_import_pandas
+from .util import fs_from_uri, safe_import_pandas, value_to_sql
 from .utils.events import register_event

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ def _sanitize_data(
        # convert to list of dict if data is a bunch of LanceModels
        if isinstance(data[0], LanceModel):
            schema = data[0].__class__.to_arrow_schema()
-            data = [dict(d) for d in data]
-        data = pa.Table.from_pylist(data)
+            data = [model_to_dict(d) for d in data]
+            data = pa.Table.from_pylist(data, schema=schema)
+        else:
+            data = pa.Table.from_pylist(data)
    elif isinstance(data, dict):
        data = vec_to_table(data)
    elif pd is not None and isinstance(data, pd.DataFrame):
@@ -785,7 +787,7 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
            and also the "_distance" column which is the distance between the query
            vector and the returned vector.
        """
-        register_event("search")
+        register_event("search_table")
        return LanceQueryBuilder.create(
            self, query, query_type, vector_column_name=vector_column_name
        )
@@ -906,35 +908,42 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
                f"Table {name} does not exist."
                f"Please first call db.create_table({name}, data)"
            )
+        register_event("open_table")
+
        return tbl

    def delete(self, where: str):
        self._dataset.delete(where)

-    def update(self, where: str, values: dict):
+    def update(
+        self,
+        where: Optional[str] = None,
+        values: Optional[dict] = None,
+        *,
+        values_sql: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    ):
        """
-        EXPERIMENTAL: Update rows in the table (not threadsafe).
-
        This can be used to update zero to all rows depending on how many
        rows match the where clause.

        Parameters
        ----------
-        where: str
+        where: str, optional
            The SQL where clause to use when updating rows. For example, 'x = 2'
            or 'x IN (1, 2, 3)'. The filter must not be empty, or it will error.
-        values: dict
+        values: dict, optional
            The values to update. The keys are the column names and the values
            are the values to set.
+        values_sql: dict, optional
+            The values to update, expressed as SQL expression strings. These can
+            reference existing columns. For example, {"x": "x + 1"} will increment
+            the x column by 1.

        Examples
        --------
        >>> import lancedb
-        >>> data = [
-        ...    {"x": 1, "vector": [1, 2]},
-        ...    {"x": 2, "vector": [3, 4]},
-        ...    {"x": 3, "vector": [5, 6]}
-        ... ]
+        >>> import pandas as pd
+        >>> data = pd.DataFrame({"x": [1, 2, 3], "vector": [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]})
        >>> db = lancedb.connect("./.lancedb")
        >>> table = db.create_table("my_table", data)
        >>> table.to_pandas()
@@ -950,18 +959,15 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        2  2  [10.0, 10.0]

        """
-        orig_data = self._dataset.to_table(filter=where).combine_chunks()
-        if len(orig_data) == 0:
-            return
-        for col, val in values.items():
-            i = orig_data.column_names.index(col)
-            if i < 0:
-                raise ValueError(f"Column {col} does not exist")
-            orig_data = orig_data.set_column(
-                i, col, pa.array([val] * len(orig_data), type=orig_data[col].type)
-            )
-        self.delete(where)
-        self.add(orig_data, mode="append")
+        if values is not None and values_sql is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Only one of values or values_sql can be provided")
+        if values is None and values_sql is None:
+            raise ValueError("Either values or values_sql must be provided")
+
+        if values is not None:
+            values_sql = {k: value_to_sql(v) for k, v in values.items()}
+
+        self.to_lance().update(values_sql, where)
        self._reset_dataset()
        register_event("update")

--- a/python/lancedb/util.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/util.py
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@
 #  limitations under the License.

 import os
+from datetime import date, datetime
+from functools import singledispatch
 from typing import Tuple
 from urllib.parse import urlparse

+import numpy as np
 import pyarrow.fs as pa_fs


@@ -88,3 +91,53 @@ def safe_import_pandas():
        return pd
    except ImportError:
        return None
+
+
+@singledispatch
+def value_to_sql(value):
+    raise NotImplementedError("SQL conversion is not implemented for this type")
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(str)
+def _(value: str):
+    return f"'{value}'"
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(int)
+def _(value: int):
+    return str(value)
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(float)
+def _(value: float):
+    return str(value)
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(bool)
+def _(value: bool):
+    return str(value).upper()
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(type(None))
+def _(value: type(None)):
+    return "NULL"
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(datetime)
+def _(value: datetime):
+    return f"'{value.isoformat()}'"
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(date)
+def _(value: date):
+    return f"'{value.isoformat()}'"
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(list)
+def _(value: list):
+    return "[" + ", ".join(map(value_to_sql, value)) + "]"
+
+
+@value_to_sql.register(np.ndarray)
+def _(value: np.ndarray):
+    return value_to_sql(value.tolist())
--- a/python/lancedb/utils/events.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/utils/events.py
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ class _Events:
        Initializes the Events object with default values for events, rate_limit, and metadata.
        """
        self.events = []  # events list
-        self.max_events = 25  # max events to store in memory
-        self.rate_limit = 60.0  # rate limit (seconds)
+        self.throttled_event_names = ["search_table"]
+        self.throttled_events = set()
+        self.max_events = 5  # max events to store in memory
+        self.rate_limit = 60.0 * 5  # rate limit (seconds)
        self.time = 0.0

        if is_git_dir():
@@ -112,18 +114,21 @@ class _Events:
            return
        if (
            len(self.events) < self.max_events
-        ):  # Events list limited to 25 events (drop any events past this)
+        ):  # Events list limited to self.max_events (drop any events past this)
            params.update(self.metadata)
-            self.events.append(
-                {
-                    "event": event_name,
-                    "properties": params,
-                    "timestamp": datetime.datetime.now(
-                        tz=datetime.timezone.utc
-                    ).isoformat(),
-                    "distinct_id": CONFIG["uuid"],
-                }
-            )
+            event = {
+                "event": event_name,
+                "properties": params,
+                "timestamp": datetime.datetime.now(
+                    tz=datetime.timezone.utc
+                ).isoformat(),
+                "distinct_id": CONFIG["uuid"],
+            }
+            if event_name not in self.throttled_event_names:
+                self.events.append(event)
+            elif event_name not in self.throttled_events:
+                self.throttled_events.add(event_name)
+                self.events.append(event)

        # Check rate limit
        t = time.time()
@@ -135,7 +140,6 @@ class _Events:
            "distinct_id": CONFIG["uuid"],  # posthog needs this to accepts the event
            "batch": self.events,
        }
-
        # POST equivalent to requests.post(self.url, json=data).
        # threaded request is used to avoid blocking, retries are disabled, and verbose is disabled
        # to avoid any possible disruption in the console.
@@ -150,6 +154,7 @@ class _Events:

        # Flush & Reset
        self.events = []
+        self.throttled_events = set()
        self.time = t


--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [project]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
    "deprecation",
-    "pylance==0.8.17",
+    "pylance==0.9.0",
    "ratelimiter~=1.0",
    "retry>=0.9.2",
-    "tqdm>=4.1.0",
+    "tqdm>=4.27.0",
    "aiohttp",
    "pydantic>=1.10",
    "attrs>=21.3.0",
--- a/python/tests/test_table.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_table.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #  limitations under the License.

 import functools
-from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 from unittest.mock import PropertyMock, patch
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import lance
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 import pytest

 from lancedb.conftest import MockTextEmbeddingFunction
@@ -141,14 +142,32 @@ def test_add(db):


 def test_add_pydantic_model(db):
-    class TestModel(LanceModel):
-        vector: Vector(16)
-        li: List[int]
+    # https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/562

-    data = TestModel(vector=list(range(16)), li=[1, 2, 3])
-    table = LanceTable.create(db, "test", data=[data])
-    assert len(table) == 1
-    assert table.schema == TestModel.to_arrow_schema()
+    class Document(BaseModel):
+        content: str
+        source: str
+
+    class LanceSchema(LanceModel):
+        id: str
+        vector: Vector(2)
+        li: List[int]
+        payload: Document
+
+    tbl = LanceTable.create(db, "mytable", schema=LanceSchema, mode="overwrite")
+    assert tbl.schema == LanceSchema.to_arrow_schema()
+
+    # add works
+    expected = LanceSchema(
+        id="id",
+        vector=[0.0, 0.0],
+        li=[1, 2, 3],
+        payload=Document(content="foo", source="bar"),
+    )
+    tbl.add([expected])
+
+    result = tbl.search([0.0, 0.0]).limit(1).to_pydantic(LanceSchema)[0]
+    assert result == expected


 def _add(table, schema):
@@ -348,14 +367,79 @@ def test_update(db):
    assert len(table) == 2
    assert len(table.list_versions()) == 2
    table.update(where="id=0", values={"vector": [1.1, 1.1]})
-    assert len(table.list_versions()) == 4
-    assert table.version == 4
+    assert len(table.list_versions()) == 3
+    assert table.version == 3
    assert len(table) == 2
    v = table.to_arrow()["vector"].combine_chunks()
    v = v.values.to_numpy().reshape(2, 2)
    assert np.allclose(v, np.array([[1.2, 1.9], [1.1, 1.1]]))


+def test_update_types(db):
+    table = LanceTable.create(
+        db,
+        "my_table",
+        data=[
+            {
+                "id": 0,
+                "str": "foo",
+                "float": 1.1,
+                "timestamp": datetime(2021, 1, 1),
+                "date": date(2021, 1, 1),
+                "vector1": [1.0, 0.0],
+                "vector2": [1.0, 1.0],
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    # Update with SQL
+    table.update(
+        values_sql=dict(
+            id="1",
+            str="'bar'",
+            float="2.2",
+            timestamp="TIMESTAMP '2021-01-02 00:00:00'",
+            date="DATE '2021-01-02'",
+            vector1="[2.0, 2.0]",
+            vector2="[3.0, 3.0]",
+        )
+    )
+    actual = table.to_arrow().to_pylist()[0]
+    expected = dict(
+        id=1,
+        str="bar",
+        float=2.2,
+        timestamp=datetime(2021, 1, 2),
+        date=date(2021, 1, 2),
+        vector1=[2.0, 2.0],
+        vector2=[3.0, 3.0],
+    )
+    assert actual == expected
+
+    # Update with values
+    table.update(
+        values=dict(
+            id=2,
+            str="baz",
+            float=3.3,
+            timestamp=datetime(2021, 1, 3),
+            date=date(2021, 1, 3),
+            vector1=[3.0, 3.0],
+            vector2=np.array([4.0, 4.0]),
+        )
+    )
+    actual = table.to_arrow().to_pylist()[0]
+    expected = dict(
+        id=2,
+        str="baz",
+        float=3.3,
+        timestamp=datetime(2021, 1, 3),
+        date=date(2021, 1, 3),
+        vector1=[3.0, 3.0],
+        vector2=[4.0, 4.0],
+    )
+    assert actual == expected
+
+
 def test_create_with_embedding_function(db):
    class MyTable(LanceModel):
        text: str
--- a/rust/ffi/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/ffi/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vectordb-node"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.4.0"
 description = "Serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2018"
--- a/rust/ffi/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/ffi/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ fn main(mut cx: ModuleContext) -> NeonResult<()> {
    cx.export_function("tableAdd", JsTable::js_add)?;
    cx.export_function("tableCountRows", JsTable::js_count_rows)?;
    cx.export_function("tableDelete", JsTable::js_delete)?;
+    cx.export_function("tableUpdate", JsTable::js_update)?;
    cx.export_function("tableCleanupOldVersions", JsTable::js_cleanup)?;
    cx.export_function("tableCompactFiles", JsTable::js_compact)?;
    cx.export_function("tableListIndices", JsTable::js_list_indices)?;
--- a/rust/ffi/node/src/query.rs
+++ b/rust/ffi/node/src/query.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ impl JsQuery {
        let query_obj = cx.argument::<JsObject>(0)?;

        let limit = query_obj
-            .get::<JsNumber, _, _>(&mut cx, "_limit")?
-            .value(&mut cx);
+            .get_opt::<JsNumber, _, _>(&mut cx, "_limit")?
+            .map(|value| {
+                let limit = value.value(&mut cx) as u64;
+                if limit <= 0 {
+                    panic!("Limit must be a positive integer");
+                }
+                limit
+            });
        let select = query_obj
            .get_opt::<JsArray, _, _>(&mut cx, "_select")?
            .map(|arr| {
@@ -48,7 +54,9 @@ impl JsQuery {
            .map(|s| s.value(&mut cx))
            .map(|s| MetricType::try_from(s.as_str()).unwrap());

-        let prefilter = query_obj.get::<JsBoolean, _, _>(&mut cx, "_prefilter")?.value(&mut cx);
+        let prefilter = query_obj
+            .get::<JsBoolean, _, _>(&mut cx, "_prefilter")?
+            .value(&mut cx);

        let is_electron = cx
            .argument::<JsBoolean>(1)
@@ -59,20 +67,23 @@ impl JsQuery {

        let (deferred, promise) = cx.promise();
        let channel = cx.channel();
-        let query_vector = query_obj.get::<JsArray, _, _>(&mut cx, "_queryVector")?;
-        let query = convert::js_array_to_vec(query_vector.deref(), &mut cx);
+        let query_vector = query_obj.get_opt::<JsArray, _, _>(&mut cx, "_queryVector")?;
        let table = js_table.table.clone();
+        let query = query_vector.map(|q| convert::js_array_to_vec(q.deref(), &mut cx));

        rt.spawn(async move {
-            let builder = table
-                .search(Float32Array::from(query))
-                .limit(limit as usize)
+            let mut builder = table
+                .search(query.map(|q| Float32Array::from(q)))
                .refine_factor(refine_factor)
                .nprobes(nprobes)
                .filter(filter)
                .metric_type(metric_type)
                .select(select)
                .prefilter(prefilter);
+            if let Some(limit) = limit {
+                builder = builder.limit(limit as usize);
+            };
+
            let record_batch_stream = builder.execute();
            let results = record_batch_stream
                .and_then(|stream| {
--- a/rust/ffi/node/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/ffi/node/src/table.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,69 @@ impl JsTable {
        Ok(promise)
    }

+    pub(crate) fn js_update(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsPromise> {
+        let js_table = cx.this().downcast_or_throw::<JsBox<JsTable>, _>(&mut cx)?;
+        let mut table = js_table.table.clone();
+
+        let rt = runtime(&mut cx)?;
+        let (deferred, promise) = cx.promise();
+        let channel = cx.channel();
+
+        // create a vector of updates from the passed map
+        let updates_arg = cx.argument::<JsObject>(1)?;
+        let properties = updates_arg.get_own_property_names(&mut cx)?;
+        let mut updates: Vec<(String, String)> =
+            Vec::with_capacity(properties.len(&mut cx) as usize);
+
+        let len_properties = properties.len(&mut cx);
+        for i in 0..len_properties {
+            let property = properties
+                .get_value(&mut cx, i)?
+                .downcast_or_throw::<JsString, _>(&mut cx)?;
+
+            let value = updates_arg
+                .get_value(&mut cx, property.clone())?
+                .downcast_or_throw::<JsString, _>(&mut cx)?;
+
+            let property = property.value(&mut cx);
+            let value = value.value(&mut cx);
+            updates.push((property, value));
+        }
+
+        // get the filter/predicate if the user passed one
+        let predicate = cx.argument_opt(0);
+        let predicate = predicate.unwrap().downcast::<JsString, _>(&mut cx);
+        let predicate = match predicate {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                let val = predicate.map(|s| s.value(&mut cx)).unwrap();
+                Some(val)
+            }
+            Err(_) => {
+                // if the predicate is not string, check it's null otherwise an invalid
+                // type was passed
+                cx.argument::<JsNull>(0)?;
+                None
+            }
+        };
+
+        rt.spawn(async move {
+            let updates_arg = updates
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(k, v)| (k.as_str(), v.as_str()))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            let predicate = predicate.as_ref().map(|s| s.as_str());
+
+            let update_result = table.update(predicate, updates_arg).await;
+            deferred.settle_with(&channel, move |mut cx| {
+                update_result.or_throw(&mut cx)?;
+                Ok(cx.boxed(JsTable::from(table)))
+            })
+        });
+
+        Ok(promise)
+    }
+
    pub(crate) fn js_cleanup(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsPromise> {
        let js_table = cx.this().downcast_or_throw::<JsBox<JsTable>, _>(&mut cx)?;
        let rt = runtime(&mut cx)?;
--- a/rust/vectordb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/vectordb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vectordb"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.4.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
--- a/rust/vectordb/src/io/object_store.rs
+++ b/rust/vectordb/src/io/object_store.rs
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ mod test {
        assert_eq!(t.count_rows().await.unwrap(), 100);

        let q = t
-            .search(PrimitiveArray::from_iter_values(vec![0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1]))
+            .search(Some(PrimitiveArray::from_iter_values(vec![
+                0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1,
+            ])))
            .limit(10)
            .execute()
            .await
--- a/rust/vectordb/src/query.rs
+++ b/rust/vectordb/src/query.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ use crate::error::Result;
 /// A builder for nearest neighbor queries for LanceDB.
 pub struct Query {
    pub dataset: Arc<Dataset>,
-    pub query_vector: Float32Array,
-    pub limit: usize,
+    pub query_vector: Option<Float32Array>,
+    pub column: String,
+    pub limit: Option<usize>,
    pub filter: Option<String>,
    pub select: Option<Vec<String>>,
    pub nprobes: usize,
@@ -46,11 +47,12 @@ impl Query {
    /// # Returns
    ///
    /// * A [Query] object.
-    pub(crate) fn new(dataset: Arc<Dataset>, vector: Float32Array) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(dataset: Arc<Dataset>, vector: Option<Float32Array>) -> Self {
        Query {
            dataset,
            query_vector: vector,
-            limit: 10,
+            column: crate::table::VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME.to_string(),
+            limit: None,
            nprobes: 20,
            refine_factor: None,
            metric_type: None,
@@ -69,11 +71,13 @@ impl Query {
    pub async fn execute(&self) -> Result<DatasetRecordBatchStream> {
        let mut scanner: Scanner = self.dataset.scan();

-        scanner.nearest(
-            crate::table::VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME,
-            &self.query_vector,
-            self.limit,
-        )?;
+        if let Some(query) = self.query_vector.as_ref() {
+            // If there is a vector query, default to limit=10 if unspecified
+            scanner.nearest(&self.column, query, self.limit.unwrap_or(10))?;
+        } else {
+            // If there is no vector query, it's ok to not have a limit
+            scanner.limit(self.limit.map(|limit| limit as i64), None)?;
+        }
        scanner.nprobs(self.nprobes);
        scanner.use_index(self.use_index);
        scanner.prefilter(self.prefilter);
@@ -85,13 +89,23 @@ impl Query {
        Ok(scanner.try_into_stream().await?)
    }

+    /// Set the column to query
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `column` - The column name
+    pub fn column(mut self, column: &str) -> Query {
+        self.column = column.into();
+        self
+    }
+
    /// Set the maximum number of results to return.
    ///
    /// # Arguments
    ///
    /// * `limit` - The maximum number of results to return.
    pub fn limit(mut self, limit: usize) -> Query {
-        self.limit = limit;
+        self.limit = Some(limit);
        self
    }

@@ -101,7 +115,7 @@ impl Query {
    ///
    /// * `vector` - The vector that will be used for search.
    pub fn query_vector(mut self, query_vector: Float32Array) -> Query {
-        self.query_vector = query_vector;
+        self.query_vector = Some(query_vector);
        self
    }

@@ -174,7 +188,10 @@ mod tests {
    use std::sync::Arc;

    use super::*;
-    use arrow_array::{Float32Array, RecordBatch, RecordBatchIterator, RecordBatchReader};
+    use arrow_array::{
+        cast::AsArray, Float32Array, Int32Array, RecordBatch, RecordBatchIterator,
+        RecordBatchReader,
+    };
    use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field as ArrowField, Schema as ArrowSchema};
    use futures::StreamExt;
    use lance::dataset::Dataset;
@@ -187,7 +204,7 @@ mod tests {
        let batches = make_test_batches();
        let ds = Dataset::write(batches, "memory://foo", None).await.unwrap();

-        let vector = Float32Array::from_iter_values([0.1, 0.2]);
+        let vector = Some(Float32Array::from_iter_values([0.1, 0.2]));
        let query = Query::new(Arc::new(ds), vector.clone());
        assert_eq!(query.query_vector, vector);

@@ -201,8 +218,8 @@ mod tests {
            .metric_type(Some(MetricType::Cosine))
            .refine_factor(Some(999));

-        assert_eq!(query.query_vector, new_vector);
-        assert_eq!(query.limit, 100);
+        assert_eq!(query.query_vector.unwrap(), new_vector);
+        assert_eq!(query.limit.unwrap(), 100);
        assert_eq!(query.nprobes, 1000);
        assert_eq!(query.use_index, true);
        assert_eq!(query.metric_type, Some(MetricType::Cosine));
@@ -214,7 +231,7 @@ mod tests {
        let batches = make_non_empty_batches();
        let ds = Arc::new(Dataset::write(batches, "memory://foo", None).await.unwrap());

-        let vector = Float32Array::from_iter_values([0.1; 4]);
+        let vector = Some(Float32Array::from_iter_values([0.1; 4]));

        let query = Query::new(ds.clone(), vector.clone());
        let result = query
@@ -244,6 +261,27 @@ mod tests {
        }
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_execute_no_vector() {
+        // test that it's ok to not specify a query vector (just filter / limit)
+        let batches = make_non_empty_batches();
+        let ds = Arc::new(Dataset::write(batches, "memory://foo", None).await.unwrap());
+
+        let query = Query::new(ds.clone(), None);
+        let result = query
+            .filter(Some("id % 2 == 0".to_string()))
+            .execute()
+            .await;
+        let mut stream = result.expect("should have result");
+        // should only have one batch
+        while let Some(batch) = stream.next().await {
+            let b = batch.expect("should be Ok");
+            // cast arr into Int32Array
+            let arr: &Int32Array = b["id"].as_primitive();
+            assert!(arr.iter().all(|x| x.unwrap() % 2 == 0));
+        }
+    }
+
    fn make_non_empty_batches() -> impl RecordBatchReader + Send + 'static {
        let vec = Box::new(RandomVector::new().named("vector".to_string()));
        let id = Box::new(IncrementingInt32::new().named("id".to_string()));
--- a/rust/vectordb/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/vectordb/src/table.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use lance::dataset::cleanup::RemovalStats;
 use lance::dataset::optimize::{
    compact_files, CompactionMetrics, CompactionOptions, IndexRemapperOptions,
 };
-use lance::dataset::{Dataset, WriteParams};
+use lance::dataset::{Dataset, UpdateBuilder, WriteParams};
 use lance::index::DatasetIndexExt;
 use lance::io::object_store::WrappingObjectStore;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -308,10 +308,14 @@ impl Table {
    /// # Returns
    ///
    /// * A [Query] object.
-    pub fn search(&self, query_vector: Float32Array) -> Query {
+    pub fn search(&self, query_vector: Option<Float32Array>) -> Query {
        Query::new(self.dataset.clone(), query_vector)
    }

+    pub fn filter(&self, expr: String) -> Query {
+        Query::new(self.dataset.clone(), None).filter(Some(expr))
+    }
+
    /// Returns the number of rows in this Table
    pub async fn count_rows(&self) -> Result<usize> {
        Ok(self.dataset.count_rows().await?)
@@ -338,6 +342,27 @@ impl Table {
        Ok(())
    }

+    pub async fn update(
+        &mut self,
+        predicate: Option<&str>,
+        updates: Vec<(&str, &str)>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut builder = UpdateBuilder::new(self.dataset.clone());
+        if let Some(predicate) = predicate {
+            builder = builder.update_where(predicate)?;
+        }
+
+        for (column, value) in updates {
+            builder = builder.set(column, value)?;
+        }
+
+        let operation = builder.build()?;
+        let new_ds = operation.execute().await?;
+        self.dataset = new_ds;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
    /// Remove old versions of the dataset from disk.
    ///
    /// # Arguments
@@ -413,11 +438,14 @@ mod tests {
    use std::sync::Arc;

    use arrow_array::{
-        Array, FixedSizeListArray, Float32Array, Int32Array, RecordBatch, RecordBatchIterator,
-        RecordBatchReader,
+        Array, BooleanArray, Date32Array, FixedSizeListArray, Float32Array, Float64Array,
+        Int32Array, Int64Array, LargeStringArray, RecordBatch, RecordBatchIterator,
+        RecordBatchReader, StringArray, TimestampMillisecondArray, TimestampNanosecondArray,
+        UInt32Array,
    };
    use arrow_data::ArrayDataBuilder;
-    use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+    use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema, TimeUnit};
+    use futures::TryStreamExt;
    use lance::dataset::{Dataset, WriteMode};
    use lance::index::vector::pq::PQBuildParams;
    use lance::io::object_store::{ObjectStoreParams, WrappingObjectStore};
@@ -540,6 +568,272 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(table.name, "test");
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_update_with_predicate() {
+        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let dataset_path = tmp_dir.path().join("test.lance");
+        let uri = dataset_path.to_str().unwrap();
+
+        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
+            Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false),
+            Field::new("name", DataType::Utf8, false),
+        ]));
+
+        let record_batch_iter = RecordBatchIterator::new(
+            vec![RecordBatch::try_new(
+                schema.clone(),
+                vec![
+                    Arc::new(Int32Array::from_iter_values(0..10)),
+                    Arc::new(StringArray::from_iter_values(vec![
+                        "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j",
+                    ])),
+                ],
+            )
+            .unwrap()]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(Ok),
+            schema.clone(),
+        );
+
+        Dataset::write(record_batch_iter, uri, None).await.unwrap();
+        let mut table = Table::open(uri).await.unwrap();
+
+        table
+            .update(Some("id > 5"), vec![("name", "'foo'")])
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let ds_after = Dataset::open(uri).await.unwrap();
+        let mut batches = ds_after
+            .scan()
+            .project(&["id", "name"])
+            .unwrap()
+            .try_into_stream()
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        while let Some(batch) = batches.pop() {
+            let ids = batch
+                .column(0)
+                .as_any()
+                .downcast_ref::<Int32Array>()
+                .unwrap()
+                .iter()
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            let names = batch
+                .column(1)
+                .as_any()
+                .downcast_ref::<StringArray>()
+                .unwrap()
+                .iter()
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            for (i, name) in names.iter().enumerate() {
+                let id = ids[i].unwrap();
+                let name = name.unwrap();
+                if id > 5 {
+                    assert_eq!(name, "foo");
+                } else {
+                    assert_eq!(name, &format!("{}", (b'a' + id as u8) as char));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_update_all_types() {
+        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let dataset_path = tmp_dir.path().join("test.lance");
+        let uri = dataset_path.to_str().unwrap();
+
+        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
+            Field::new("int32", DataType::Int32, false),
+            Field::new("int64", DataType::Int64, false),
+            Field::new("uint32", DataType::UInt32, false),
+            Field::new("string", DataType::Utf8, false),
+            Field::new("large_string", DataType::LargeUtf8, false),
+            Field::new("float32", DataType::Float32, false),
+            Field::new("float64", DataType::Float64, false),
+            Field::new("bool", DataType::Boolean, false),
+            Field::new("date32", DataType::Date32, false),
+            Field::new(
+                "timestamp_ns",
+                DataType::Timestamp(TimeUnit::Nanosecond, None),
+                false,
+            ),
+            Field::new(
+                "timestamp_ms",
+                DataType::Timestamp(TimeUnit::Millisecond, None),
+                false,
+            ),
+            Field::new(
+                "vec_f32",
+                DataType::FixedSizeList(Arc::new(Field::new("item", DataType::Float32, true)), 2),
+                false,
+            ),
+            Field::new(
+                "vec_f64",
+                DataType::FixedSizeList(Arc::new(Field::new("item", DataType::Float64, true)), 2),
+                false,
+            ),
+        ]));
+
+        let record_batch_iter = RecordBatchIterator::new(
+            vec![RecordBatch::try_new(
+                schema.clone(),
+                vec![
+                    Arc::new(Int32Array::from_iter_values(0..10)),
+                    Arc::new(Int64Array::from_iter_values(0..10)),
+                    Arc::new(UInt32Array::from_iter_values(0..10)),
+                    Arc::new(StringArray::from_iter_values(vec![
+                        "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j",
+                    ])),
+                    Arc::new(LargeStringArray::from_iter_values(vec![
+                        "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j",
+                    ])),
+                    Arc::new(Float32Array::from_iter_values(
+                        (0..10).into_iter().map(|i| i as f32),
+                    )),
+                    Arc::new(Float64Array::from_iter_values(
+                        (0..10).into_iter().map(|i| i as f64),
+                    )),
+                    Arc::new(Into::<BooleanArray>::into(vec![
+                        true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false,
+                    ])),
+                    Arc::new(Date32Array::from_iter_values(0..10)),
+                    Arc::new(TimestampNanosecondArray::from_iter_values(0..10)),
+                    Arc::new(TimestampMillisecondArray::from_iter_values(0..10)),
+                    Arc::new(
+                        create_fixed_size_list(
+                            Float32Array::from_iter_values((0..20).into_iter().map(|i| i as f32)),
+                            2,
+                        )
+                        .unwrap(),
+                    ),
+                    Arc::new(
+                        create_fixed_size_list(
+                            Float64Array::from_iter_values((0..20).into_iter().map(|i| i as f64)),
+                            2,
+                        )
+                        .unwrap(),
+                    ),
+                ],
+            )
+            .unwrap()]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(Ok),
+            schema.clone(),
+        );
+
+        Dataset::write(record_batch_iter, uri, None).await.unwrap();
+        let mut table = Table::open(uri).await.unwrap();
+
+        // check it can do update for each type
+        let updates: Vec<(&str, &str)> = vec![
+            ("string", "'foo'"),
+            ("large_string", "'large_foo'"),
+            ("int32", "1"),
+            ("int64", "1"),
+            ("uint32", "1"),
+            ("float32", "1.0"),
+            ("float64", "1.0"),
+            ("bool", "true"),
+            ("date32", "1"),
+            ("timestamp_ns", "1"),
+            ("timestamp_ms", "1"),
+            ("vec_f32", "[1.0, 1.0]"),
+            ("vec_f64", "[1.0, 1.0]"),
+        ];
+
+        // for (column, value) in test_cases {
+        table.update(None, updates).await.unwrap();
+
+        let ds_after = Dataset::open(uri).await.unwrap();
+        let mut batches = ds_after
+            .scan()
+            .project(&[
+                "string",
+                "large_string",
+                "int32",
+                "int64",
+                "uint32",
+                "float32",
+                "float64",
+                "bool",
+                "date32",
+                "timestamp_ns",
+                "timestamp_ms",
+                "vec_f32",
+                "vec_f64",
+            ])
+            .unwrap()
+            .try_into_stream()
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let batch = batches.pop().unwrap();
+
+        macro_rules! assert_column {
+            ($column:expr, $array_type:ty, $expected:expr) => {
+                let array = $column
+                    .as_any()
+                    .downcast_ref::<$array_type>()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .iter()
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                for v in array {
+                    assert_eq!(v, Some($expected));
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        assert_column!(batch.column(0), StringArray, "foo");
+        assert_column!(batch.column(1), LargeStringArray, "large_foo");
+        assert_column!(batch.column(2), Int32Array, 1);
+        assert_column!(batch.column(3), Int64Array, 1);
+        assert_column!(batch.column(4), UInt32Array, 1);
+        assert_column!(batch.column(5), Float32Array, 1.0);
+        assert_column!(batch.column(6), Float64Array, 1.0);
+        assert_column!(batch.column(7), BooleanArray, true);
+        assert_column!(batch.column(8), Date32Array, 1);
+        assert_column!(batch.column(9), TimestampNanosecondArray, 1);
+        assert_column!(batch.column(10), TimestampMillisecondArray, 1);
+
+        let array = batch
+            .column(11)
+            .as_any()
+            .downcast_ref::<FixedSizeListArray>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        for v in array {
+            let v = v.unwrap();
+            let f32array = v.as_any().downcast_ref::<Float32Array>().unwrap();
+            for v in f32array {
+                assert_eq!(v, Some(1.0));
+            }
+        }
+
+        let array = batch
+            .column(12)
+            .as_any()
+            .downcast_ref::<FixedSizeListArray>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        for v in array {
+            let v = v.unwrap();
+            let f64array = v.as_any().downcast_ref::<Float64Array>().unwrap();
+            for v in f64array {
+                assert_eq!(v, Some(1.0));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_search() {
        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
@@ -554,8 +848,8 @@ mod tests {
        let table = Table::open(uri).await.unwrap();

        let vector = Float32Array::from_iter_values([0.1, 0.2]);
-        let query = table.search(vector.clone());
-        assert_eq!(vector, query.query_vector);
+        let query = table.search(Some(vector.clone()));
+        assert_eq!(vector, query.query_vector.unwrap());
    }

    #[derive(Default, Debug)]
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Will Jones	1d954c7360	try windows CI	2023-12-20 11:42:52 -08:00
Aidan	73e4015797	feat: Node Schema API (#717 )	2023-12-20 12:16:40 -05:00
Lance Release	5142a27482	Updating package-lock.json	2023-12-18 18:15:50 +00:00
Lance Release	81df2a524e	Updating package-lock.json	2023-12-18 17:29:58 +00:00
Lance Release	40638e5515	Bump version: 0.3.11 → 0.4.0	2023-12-18 17:29:47 +00:00
Lance Release	018314a5c1	[python] Bump version: 0.3.6 → 0.4.0	2023-12-18 17:27:26 +00:00
Lei Xu	409eb30ea5	chore: bump lance version to 0.9 (#715 )	2023-12-17 22:11:42 -05:00
Lance Release	ff9872fd44	Updating package-lock.json	2023-12-15 18:25:06 +00:00
Lance Release	a0608044a1	[python] Bump version: 0.3.5 → 0.3.6	2023-12-15 18:20:55 +00:00
Lance Release	2e4ea7d2bc	Updating package-lock.json	2023-12-15 18:01:45 +00:00
Lance Release	57e5695a54	Bump version: 0.3.10 → 0.3.11	2023-12-15 18:01:34 +00:00
Bert	ce58ea7c38	chore: fix package lock (#711 )	2023-12-15 11:49:16 -05:00
Bert	57207eff4a	implement update for remote clients (#706 )	2023-12-15 09:06:40 -05:00
Rob Meng	2d78bff120	feat: pass vector column name to remote backend (#710 ) pass vector column name to remote as well. `vector_column` is already part of `Query` just declearing it as part to `remote.VectorQuery` as well	2023-12-15 00:19:08 -05:00
Rob Meng	7c09b9b9a9	feat: allow custom column name in query (#709 )	2023-12-14 23:29:26 -05:00
Chang She	bd0034a157	feat: support nested pydantic schema (#707 )	2023-12-14 18:20:45 -08:00
Will Jones	144b3b5d83	ci: fix broken npm publication (#704 ) Most recent release failed because `release` depends on `node-macos`, but we renamed `node-macos` to `node-macos-{x86,arm64}`. This fixes that by consolidating them back to a single `node-macos` job, which also has the side effect of making the file shorter.	2023-12-14 12:09:28 -08:00
Lance Release	b6f0a31686	Updating package-lock.json	2023-12-14 19:31:56 +00:00
Lance Release	9ec526f73f	Bump version: 0.3.9 → 0.3.10	2023-12-14 19:31:41 +00:00
Lance Release	600bfd7237	[python] Bump version: 0.3.4 → 0.3.5	2023-12-14 19:31:22 +00:00
Will Jones	d087e7891d	feat(python): add update query support for Python (#654 ) Closes #69 Will not pass until https://github.com/lancedb/lance/pull/1585 is released	2023-12-14 11:28:32 -08:00
Chang She	098e397cf0	feat: LocalTable for vectordb now supports filters without vector search (#693 ) Note this currently the filter/where is only implemented for LocalTable so that it requires an explicit cast to "enable" (see new unit test). The alternative is to add it to the Table interface, but since it's not available on RemoteTable this may cause some user experience issues.	2023-12-13 22:59:01 -08:00
Bert	63ee8fa6a1	Update in Node & Rust (#696 ) Co-authored-by: Will Jones <willjones127@gmail.com>	2023-12-13 14:53:06 -05:00
Ayush Chaurasia	693091db29	chore(python): Reduce posthog event count (#661 ) - Register open_table as event - Because we're dropping 'seach' event currently, changed the name to 'search_table' and introduced throttling - Throttled events will be counted once per time batch so that the user is registered but event count doesn't go up by a lot	2023-12-08 11:00:51 -08:00
Ayush Chaurasia	dca4533dbe	docs: Update roboflow tutorial position (#666 )	2023-12-08 11:00:11 -08:00
QianZhu	f6bbe199dc	Qian/minor fix doc (#695 )	2023-12-08 09:58:53 -08:00
Kaushal Kumar Choudhary	366e522c2b	docs: Add badges (#694 ) adding some badges added a gif to readme for the vectordb repo --------- Co-authored-by: kaushal07wick <kaushalc6@gmail.com>	2023-12-08 20:55:04 +05:30
Chang She	244b6919cc	chore: Use m1 runner for npm publish (#687 ) We had some build issues with npm publish for cross-compiling arm64 macos on an x86 macos runner. Switching to m1 runner for now until someone has time to deal with the feature flags. follow-up tracked here: #688	2023-12-07 15:49:52 -08:00
QianZhu	aca785ff98	saas python sdk doc (#692 ) <img width="256" alt="Screenshot 2023-12-07 at 11 55 41 AM" src="https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/assets/1305083/259bf234-9b3b-4c5d-af45-c7f3fada2cc7">	2023-12-07 14:47:56 -08:00
Chang She	bbdebf2c38	chore: update package lock (#689 )	2023-12-06 17:14:56 -08:00