python v0.1.4

Cargo.lock

@@ -1052,6 +1052,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
  "petgraph",
  "rand",
+ "regex",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
@@ -1645,9 +1646,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "0.4.12"
+version = "0.4.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fc96cf89139af6f439a0e28ccd04ddf81be795b79fda3105b7a8952fadeb778e"
+checksum = "86dda8185bd1ffae7b910c1f68035af23be9b717c52e9cc4de176cd30b47f772"
 dependencies = [
  "accelerate-src",
  "arrow",
@@ -1684,6 +1685,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "shellexpand",
+ "snafu",
  "sqlparser-lance",
  "tokio",
  "url",
@@ -3362,6 +3364,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrow-data",
  "arrow-schema",
  "lance",
+ "object_store",
  "rand",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",

node/src/arrow.ts

@@ -15,15 +15,16 @@
 import {
   Field,
   Float32,
-  List,
+  List, type ListBuilder,
   makeBuilder,
   RecordBatchFileWriter,
   Table, Utf8,
   type Vector,
   vectorFromArray
 } from 'apache-arrow'
+import { type EmbeddingFunction } from './index'
 
-export function convertToTable (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Table {
+export function convertToTable<T> (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>, embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>): Table {
   if (data.length === 0) {
     throw new Error('At least one record needs to be provided')
   }
@@ -33,11 +34,7 @@ export function convertToTable (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Table {
 
   for (const columnsKey of columns) {
     if (columnsKey === 'vector') {
-      const children = new Field<Float32>('item', new Float32())
+      const listBuilder = newVectorListBuilder()
-      const list = new List(children)
-      const listBuilder = makeBuilder({
-        type: list
-      })
       const vectorSize = (data[0].vector as any[]).length
       for (const datum of data) {
         if ((datum[columnsKey] as any[]).length !== vectorSize) {
@@ -52,6 +49,14 @@ export function convertToTable (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Table {
       for (const datum of data) {
         values.push(datum[columnsKey])
       }
+
+      if (columnsKey === embeddings?.sourceColumn) {
+        const vectors = embeddings.embed(values as T[])
+        const listBuilder = newVectorListBuilder()
+        vectors.map(v => listBuilder.append(v))
+        records.vector = listBuilder.finish().toVector()
+      }
+
       if (typeof values[0] === 'string') {
         // `vectorFromArray` converts strings into dictionary vectors, forcing it back to a string column
         records[columnsKey] = vectorFromArray(values, new Utf8())
@@ -64,8 +69,17 @@ export function convertToTable (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Table {
   return new Table(records)
 }
 
-export async function fromRecordsToBuffer (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Promise<Buffer> {
+// Creates a new Arrow ListBuilder that stores a Vector column
-  const table = convertToTable(data)
+function newVectorListBuilder (): ListBuilder<Float32, any> {
+  const children = new Field<Float32>('item', new Float32())
+  const list = new List(children)
+  return makeBuilder({
+    type: list
+  })
+}
+
+export async function fromRecordsToBuffer<T> (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>, embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>): Promise<Buffer> {
+  const table = convertToTable(data, embeddings)
   const writer = RecordBatchFileWriter.writeAll(table)
   return Buffer.from(await writer.toUint8Array())
 }

node/src/index.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ const { databaseNew, databaseTableNames, databaseOpenTable, tableCreate, tableSe
  * @param uri The uri of the database.
  */
 export async function connect (uri: string): Promise<Connection> {
-  return new Connection(uri)
+  const db = await databaseNew(uri)
+  return new Connection(db, uri)
 }
 
 /**
@@ -38,9 +39,9 @@ export class Connection {
   private readonly _uri: string
   private readonly _db: any
 
-  constructor (uri: string) {
+  constructor (db: any, uri: string) {
     this._uri = uri
-    this._db = databaseNew(uri)
+    this._db = db
   }
 
   get uri (): string {
@@ -56,16 +57,49 @@ export class Connection {
 
   /**
    * Open a table in the database.
+   *
    * @param name The name of the table.
    */
-  async openTable (name: string): Promise<Table> {
+  async openTable (name: string): Promise<Table>
+  /**
+   * Open a table in the database.
+   *
+   * @param name The name of the table.
+   * @param embeddings An embedding function to use on this Table
+   */
+  async openTable<T> (name: string, embeddings: EmbeddingFunction<T>): Promise<Table<T>>
+  async openTable<T> (name: string, embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>): Promise<Table<T>> {
     const tbl = await databaseOpenTable.call(this._db, name)
+    if (embeddings !== undefined) {
+      return new Table(tbl, name, embeddings)
+    } else {
       return new Table(tbl, name)
     }
+  }
 
-  async createTable (name: string, data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Promise<Table> {
+  /**
-    await tableCreate.call(this._db, name, await fromRecordsToBuffer(data))
+   * Creates a new Table and initialize it with new data.
-    return await this.openTable(name)
+   *
+   * @param name The name of the table.
+   * @param data Non-empty Array of Records to be inserted into the Table
+   */
+
+  async createTable (name: string, data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Promise<Table>
+  /**
+   * Creates a new Table and initialize it with new data.
+   *
+   * @param name The name of the table.
+   * @param data Non-empty Array of Records to be inserted into the Table
+   * @param embeddings An embedding function to use on this Table
+   */
+  async createTable<T> (name: string, data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>, embeddings: EmbeddingFunction<T>): Promise<Table<T>>
+  async createTable<T> (name: string, data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>, embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>): Promise<Table<T>> {
+    const tbl = await tableCreate.call(this._db, name, await fromRecordsToBuffer(data, embeddings))
+    if (embeddings !== undefined) {
+      return new Table(tbl, name, embeddings)
+    } else {
+      return new Table(tbl, name)
+    }
   }
 
   async createTableArrow (name: string, table: ArrowTable): Promise<Table> {
@@ -75,16 +109,22 @@ export class Connection {
   }
 }
 
-/**
+export class Table<T = number[]> {
- * A table in a LanceDB database.
- */
-export class Table {
   private readonly _tbl: any
   private readonly _name: string
+  private readonly _embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>
 
-  constructor (tbl: any, name: string) {
+  constructor (tbl: any, name: string)
+  /**
+   * @param tbl
+   * @param name
+   * @param embeddings An embedding function to use when interacting with this table
+   */
+  constructor (tbl: any, name: string, embeddings: EmbeddingFunction<T>)
+  constructor (tbl: any, name: string, embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<T>) {
     this._tbl = tbl
     this._name = name
+    this._embeddings = embeddings
   }
 
   get name (): string {
@@ -92,10 +132,16 @@ export class Table {
   }
 
   /**
-     * Create a search query to find the nearest neighbors of the given query vector.
+   * Creates a search query to find the nearest neighbors of the given search term
-     * @param queryVector The query vector.
+   * @param query The query search term
    */
-  search (queryVector: number[]): Query {
+  search (query: T): Query {
+    let queryVector: number[]
+    if (this._embeddings !== undefined) {
+      queryVector = this._embeddings.embed([query])[0]
+    } else {
+      queryVector = query as number[]
+    }
     return new Query(this._tbl, queryVector)
   }
 
@@ -106,7 +152,7 @@ export class Table {
    * @return The number of rows added to the table
    */
   async add (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Promise<number> {
-    return tableAdd.call(this._tbl, await fromRecordsToBuffer(data), WriteMode.Append.toString())
+    return tableAdd.call(this._tbl, await fromRecordsToBuffer(data, this._embeddings), WriteMode.Append.toString())
   }
 
   /**
@@ -116,9 +162,14 @@ export class Table {
    * @return The number of rows added to the table
    */
   async overwrite (data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Promise<number> {
-    return tableAdd.call(this._tbl, await fromRecordsToBuffer(data), WriteMode.Overwrite.toString())
+    return tableAdd.call(this._tbl, await fromRecordsToBuffer(data, this._embeddings), WriteMode.Overwrite.toString())
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create an ANN index on this Table vector index.
+   *
+   * @param indexParams The parameters of this Index, @see VectorIndexParams.
+   */
   async create_index (indexParams: VectorIndexParams): Promise<any> {
     return tableCreateVectorIndex.call(this._tbl, indexParams)
   }
@@ -268,6 +319,21 @@ export enum WriteMode {
   Append = 'append'
 }
 
+/**
+ * An embedding function that automatically creates vector representation for a given column.
+ */
+export interface EmbeddingFunction<T> {
+  /**
+   * The name of the column that will be used as input for the Embedding Function.
+   */
+  sourceColumn: string
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a vector representation for the given values.
+   */
+  embed: (data: T[]) => number[][]
+}
+
 /**
  * Distance metrics type.
  */

node/src/test/io.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Lance 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.
+
+// IO tests
+
+import { describe } from 'mocha'
+import { assert } from 'chai'
+
+import * as lancedb from '../index'
+
+describe('LanceDB S3 client', function () {
+  if (process.env.TEST_S3_BASE_URL != null) {
+    const baseUri = process.env.TEST_S3_BASE_URL
+    it('should have a valid url', async function () {
+      const uri = `${baseUri}/valid_url`
+      const table = await createTestDB(uri, 2, 20)
+      const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
+      assert.equal(con.uri, uri)
+
+      const results = await table.search([0.1, 0.3]).limit(5).execute()
+      assert.equal(results.length, 5)
+    })
+  } else {
+    describe.skip('Skip S3 test', function () {})
+  }
+})
+
+async function createTestDB (uri: string, numDimensions: number = 2, numRows: number = 2): Promise<lancedb.Table> {
+  const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
+
+  const data = []
+  for (let i = 0; i < numRows; i++) {
+    const vector = []
+    for (let j = 0; j < numDimensions; j++) {
+      vector.push(i + (j * 0.1))
+    }
+    data.push({ id: i + 1, name: `name_${i}`, price: i + 10, is_active: (i % 2 === 0), vector })
+  }
+
+  return await con.createTable('vectors', data)
+}

node/src/test/test.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { assert } from 'chai'
 import { track } from 'temp'
 
 import * as lancedb from '../index'
-import { MetricType, Query } from '../index'
+import { type EmbeddingFunction, MetricType, Query } from '../index'
 
 describe('LanceDB client', function () {
   describe('when creating a connection to lancedb', function () {
@@ -140,6 +140,39 @@ describe('LanceDB client', function () {
       await table.create_index({ type: 'ivf_pq', column: 'vector', num_partitions: 2, max_iters: 2 })
     }).timeout(10_000) // Timeout is high partially because GH macos runner is pretty slow
   })
+
+  describe('when using a custom embedding function', function () {
+    class TextEmbedding implements EmbeddingFunction<string> {
+      sourceColumn: string
+
+      constructor (targetColumn: string) {
+        this.sourceColumn = targetColumn
+      }
+
+      _embedding_map = new Map<string, number[]>([
+        ['foo', [2.1, 2.2]],
+        ['bar', [3.1, 3.2]]
+      ])
+
+      embed (data: string[]): number[][] {
+        return data.map(datum => this._embedding_map.get(datum) ?? [0.0, 0.0])
+      }
+    }
+
+    it('should encode the original data into embeddings', async function () {
+      const dir = await track().mkdir('lancejs')
+      const con = await lancedb.connect(dir)
+      const embeddings = new TextEmbedding('name')
+
+      const data = [
+        { price: 10, name: 'foo' },
+        { price: 50, name: 'bar' }
+      ]
+      const table = await con.createTable('vectors', data, embeddings)
+      const results = await table.search('foo').execute()
+      assert.equal(results.length, 2)
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 describe('Query object', function () {

python/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
-dependencies = ["pylance>=0.4.15", "ratelimiter", "retry", "tqdm"]
+dependencies = ["pylance>=0.4.17", "ratelimiter", "retry", "tqdm"]
 description = "lancedb"
 authors = [
     { name = "LanceDB Devs", email = "dev@lancedb.com" },

rust/ffi/node/Cargo.toml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ arrow-ipc = "37.0"
 arrow-schema = "37.0"
 once_cell = "1"
 futures = "0.3"
-lance = "0.4.3"
+lance = "0.4.17"
 vectordb = { path = "../../vectordb" }
 tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 neon = {version = "0.10.1", default-features = false, features = ["channel-api", "napi-6", "promise-api", "task-api"] }

rust/ffi/node/src/index/vector.rs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub(crate) fn table_create_vector_index(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsP
         let add_result = table
             .lock()
             .unwrap()
-            .create_idx(&index_params_builder)
+            .create_index(&index_params_builder)
             .await;
 
         deferred.settle_with(&channel, move |mut cx| {

rust/ffi/node/src/lib.rs

@@ -56,23 +56,46 @@ fn runtime<'a, C: Context<'a>>(cx: &mut C) -> NeonResult<&'static Runtime> {
     RUNTIME.get_or_try_init(|| Runtime::new().or_else(|err| cx.throw_error(err.to_string())))
 }
 
-fn database_new(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsBox<JsDatabase>> {
+fn database_new(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsPromise> {
     let path = cx.argument::<JsString>(0)?.value(&mut cx);
+
+    let rt = runtime(&mut cx)?;
+    let channel = cx.channel();
+    let (deferred, promise) = cx.promise();
+
+    rt.spawn(async move {
+        let database = Database::connect(&path).await;
+
+        deferred.settle_with(&channel, move |mut cx| {
             let db = JsDatabase {
-        database: Arc::new(Database::connect(path).or_else(|err| cx.throw_error(err.to_string()))?),
+                database: Arc::new(database.or_else(|err| cx.throw_error(err.to_string()))?),
             };
             Ok(cx.boxed(db))
+        });
+    });
+    Ok(promise)
 }
 
-fn database_table_names(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsArray> {
+fn database_table_names(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsPromise> {
     let db = cx
         .this()
         .downcast_or_throw::<JsBox<JsDatabase>, _>(&mut cx)?;
-    let tables = db
+
-        .database
+    let rt = runtime(&mut cx)?;
-        .table_names()
+    let (deferred, promise) = cx.promise();
-        .or_else(|err| cx.throw_error(err.to_string()))?;
+    let channel = cx.channel();
-    convert::vec_str_to_array(&tables, &mut cx)
+    let database = db.database.clone();
+
+    rt.spawn(async move {
+        let tables_rst = database.table_names().await;
+
+        deferred.settle_with(&channel, move |mut cx| {
+            let tables = tables_rst.or_else(|err| cx.throw_error(err.to_string()))?;
+            let table_names = convert::vec_str_to_array(&tables, &mut cx);
+            table_names
+        });
+    });
+    Ok(promise)
 }
 
 fn database_open_table(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsPromise> {
@@ -87,7 +110,7 @@ fn database_open_table(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsPromise> {
 
     let (deferred, promise) = cx.promise();
     rt.spawn(async move {
-        let table_rst = database.open_table(table_name).await;
+        let table_rst = database.open_table(&table_name).await;
 
         deferred.settle_with(&channel, move |mut cx| {
             let table = Arc::new(Mutex::new(
@@ -186,7 +209,7 @@ fn table_create(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsPromise> {
 
     rt.block_on(async move {
         let batch_reader: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader> = Box::new(RecordBatchBuffer::new(batches));
-        let table_rst = database.create_table(table_name, batch_reader).await;
+        let table_rst = database.create_table(&table_name, batch_reader).await;
 
         deferred.settle_with(&channel, move |mut cx| {
             let table = Arc::new(Mutex::new(

rust/vectordb/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ repository = "https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb"
 arrow-array = "37.0"
 arrow-data = "37.0"
 arrow-schema = "37.0"
-lance = "0.4.3"
+object_store = "0.5.6"
+
+lance = "0.4.17"
 tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]

rust/vectordb/src/database.rs

@@ -12,16 +12,19 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-use arrow_array::RecordBatchReader;
 use std::fs::create_dir_all;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::Path;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use arrow_array::RecordBatchReader;
+use lance::io::object_store::ObjectStore;
 
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::table::Table;
 
 pub struct Database {
-    pub(crate) path: Arc<PathBuf>,
+    object_store: ObjectStore,
+
+    pub(crate) uri: String,
 }
 
 const LANCE_EXTENSION: &str = "lance";
@@ -37,12 +40,17 @@ impl Database {
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// * A [Database] object.
-    pub fn connect<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Database> {
+    pub async fn connect(uri: &str) -> Result<Database> {
-        if !path.as_ref().try_exists()? {
+        let object_store = ObjectStore::new(uri).await?;
+        if object_store.is_local() {
+            let path = Path::new(uri);
+            if !path.try_exists()? {
                 create_dir_all(&path)?;
             }
+        }
         Ok(Database {
-            path: Arc::new(path.as_ref().to_path_buf()),
+            uri: uri.to_string(),
+            object_store,
         })
     }
 
@@ -51,12 +59,13 @@ impl Database {
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// * A [Vec<String>] with all table names.
-    pub fn table_names(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+    pub async fn table_names(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
         let f = self
-            .path
+            .object_store
-            .read_dir()?
+            .read_dir("/")
-            .flatten()
+            .await?
-            .map(|dir_entry| dir_entry.path())
+            .iter()
+            .map(|fname| Path::new(fname))
             .filter(|path| {
                 let is_lance = path
                     .extension()
@@ -76,10 +85,10 @@ impl Database {
 
     pub async fn create_table(
         &self,
-        name: String,
+        name: &str,
         batches: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader>,
     ) -> Result<Table> {
-        Table::create(self.path.clone(), name, batches).await
+        Table::create(&self.uri, name, batches).await
     }
 
     /// Open a table in the database.
@@ -90,8 +99,8 @@ impl Database {
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// * A [Table] object.
-    pub async fn open_table(&self, name: String) -> Result<Table> {
+    pub async fn open_table(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Table> {
-        Table::open(self.path.clone(), name).await
+        Table::open(&self.uri, name).await
     }
 }
 
@@ -105,10 +114,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_connect() {
         let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let path_buf = tmp_dir.into_path();
+        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-        let db = Database::connect(&path_buf);
+        let db = Database::connect(uri).await.unwrap();
 
-        assert_eq!(db.unwrap().path.as_path(), path_buf.as_path())
+        assert_eq!(db.uri, uri);
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -118,10 +127,16 @@ mod tests {
         create_dir_all(tmp_dir.path().join("table2.lance")).unwrap();
         create_dir_all(tmp_dir.path().join("invalidlance")).unwrap();
 
-        let db = Database::connect(&tmp_dir.into_path()).unwrap();
+        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-        let tables = db.table_names().unwrap();
+        let db = Database::connect(uri).await.unwrap();
+        let tables = db.table_names().await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(tables.len(), 2);
         assert!(tables.contains(&String::from("table1")));
         assert!(tables.contains(&String::from("table2")));
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_connect_s3() {
+        // let db = Database::connect("s3://bucket/path/to/database").await.unwrap();
+    }
 }

rust/vectordb/src/error.rs

@@ -41,3 +41,15 @@ impl From<lance::Error> for Error {
         Self::Lance(e.to_string())
     }
 }
+
+impl From<object_store::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: object_store::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::IO(e.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<object_store::path::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: object_store::path::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::IO(e.to_string())
+    }
+}

rust/vectordb/src/table.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use arrow_array::{Float32Array, RecordBatchReader};
@@ -24,16 +24,21 @@ use crate::index::vector::VectorIndexBuilder;
 use crate::query::Query;
 
 pub const VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME: &str = "vector";
-
 pub const LANCE_FILE_EXTENSION: &str = "lance";
 
 /// A table in a LanceDB database.
 pub struct Table {
     name: String,
-    path: String,
+    uri: String,
     dataset: Arc<Dataset>,
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Display for Table {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Table({})", self.name)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Table {
     /// Opens an existing Table
     ///
@@ -45,18 +50,21 @@ impl Table {
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// * A [Table] object.
-    pub async fn open(base_path: Arc<PathBuf>, name: String) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub async fn open(base_uri: &str, name: &str) -> Result<Self> {
-        let ds_path = base_path.join(format!("{}.{}", name, LANCE_FILE_EXTENSION));
+        let path = Path::new(base_uri);
-        let ds_uri = ds_path
+
+        let table_uri = path.join(format!("{}.{}", name, LANCE_FILE_EXTENSION));
+        let uri = table_uri
+            .as_path()
             .to_str()
-            .ok_or(Error::IO(format!("Unable to find table {}", name)))?;
+            .ok_or(Error::IO(format!("Invalid table name: {}", name)))?;
-        let dataset = Dataset::open(ds_uri).await?;
+
-        let table = Table {
+        let dataset = Dataset::open(&uri).await?;
-            name,
+        Ok(Table {
-            path: ds_uri.to_string(),
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            uri: uri.to_string(),
             dataset: Arc::new(dataset),
-        };
+        })
-        Ok(table)
     }
 
     /// Creates a new Table
@@ -71,25 +79,28 @@ impl Table {
     ///
     /// * A [Table] object.
     pub async fn create(
-        base_path: Arc<PathBuf>,
+        base_uri: &str,
-        name: String,
+        name: &str,
         mut batches: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let ds_path = base_path.join(format!("{}.{}", name, LANCE_FILE_EXTENSION));
+        let base_path = Path::new(base_uri);
-        let path = ds_path
+        let table_uri = base_path.join(format!("{}.{}", name, LANCE_FILE_EXTENSION));
+        let uri = table_uri
+            .as_path()
             .to_str()
-            .ok_or(Error::IO(format!("Unable to find table {}", name)))?;
+            .ok_or(Error::IO(format!("Invalid table name: {}", name)))?
-
+            .to_string();
         let dataset =
-            Arc::new(Dataset::write(&mut batches, path, Some(WriteParams::default())).await?);
+            Arc::new(Dataset::write(&mut batches, &uri, Some(WriteParams::default())).await?);
         Ok(Table {
-            name,
+            name: name.to_string(),
-            path: path.to_string(),
+            uri,
             dataset,
         })
     }
 
-    pub async fn create_idx(&mut self, index_builder: &impl VectorIndexBuilder) -> Result<()> {
+    /// Create index on the table.
+    pub async fn create_index(&mut self, index_builder: &impl VectorIndexBuilder) -> Result<()> {
         use lance::index::DatasetIndexExt;
 
         let dataset = self
@@ -125,8 +136,7 @@ impl Table {
         let mut params = WriteParams::default();
         params.mode = write_mode.unwrap_or(WriteMode::Append);
 
-        self.dataset =
+        self.dataset = Arc::new(Dataset::write(&mut batches, &self.uri, Some(params)).await?);
-            Arc::new(Dataset::write(&mut batches, self.path.as_str(), Some(params)).await?);
         Ok(batches.count())
     }
 
@@ -151,6 +161,8 @@ impl Table {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
     use arrow_array::{
         Array, FixedSizeListArray, Float32Array, Int32Array, RecordBatch, RecordBatchReader,
     };
@@ -161,53 +173,52 @@ mod tests {
     use lance::index::vector::ivf::IvfBuildParams;
     use lance::index::vector::pq::PQBuildParams;
     use rand::Rng;
-    use std::sync::Arc;
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
-    use crate::error::Result;
+    use super::*;
     use crate::index::vector::IvfPQIndexBuilder;
-    use crate::table::Table;
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_new_table_not_exists() {
         let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let path_buf = tmp_dir.into_path();
+        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
 
-        let table = Table::open(Arc::new(path_buf), "test".to_string()).await;
+        let table = Table::open(&uri, "test").await;
         assert!(table.is_err());
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_open() {
         let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let path_buf = tmp_dir.into_path();
+        let dataset_path = tmp_dir.path().join("test.lance");
+        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
 
         let mut batches: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader> = Box::new(make_test_batches());
-        Dataset::write(
+        Dataset::write(&mut batches, dataset_path.to_str().unwrap(), None)
-            &mut batches,
-            path_buf.join("test.lance").to_str().unwrap(),
-            None,
-        )
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
-        let table = Table::open(Arc::new(path_buf), "test".to_string())
+        let table = Table::open(uri, "test").await.unwrap();
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(table.name, "test")
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_object_store_path() {
+        use std::path::Path as StdPath;
+        let p = StdPath::new("s3://bucket/path/to/file");
+        let c = p.join("subfile");
+        assert_eq!(c.to_str().unwrap(), "s3://bucket/path/to/file/subfile");
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_add() {
         let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let path_buf = tmp_dir.into_path();
+        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
 
         let batches: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader> = Box::new(make_test_batches());
         let schema = batches.schema().clone();
-        let mut table = Table::create(Arc::new(path_buf), "test".to_string(), batches)
+        let mut table = Table::create(&uri, "test", batches).await.unwrap();
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(table.count_rows().await.unwrap(), 10);
 
         let new_batches: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader> =
@@ -225,13 +236,11 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_add_overwrite() {
         let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let path_buf = tmp_dir.into_path();
+        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
 
         let batches: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader> = Box::new(make_test_batches());
         let schema = batches.schema().clone();
-        let mut table = Table::create(Arc::new(path_buf), "test".to_string(), batches)
+        let mut table = Table::create(uri, "test", batches).await.unwrap();
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(table.count_rows().await.unwrap(), 10);
 
         let new_batches: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader> =
@@ -252,20 +261,15 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_search() {
         let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let path_buf = tmp_dir.into_path();
+        let dataset_path = tmp_dir.path().join("test.lance");
+        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
 
         let mut batches: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader> = Box::new(make_test_batches());
-        Dataset::write(
+        Dataset::write(&mut batches, dataset_path.to_str().unwrap(), None)
-            &mut batches,
-            path_buf.join("test.lance").to_str().unwrap(),
-            None,
-        )
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
-        let table = Table::open(Arc::new(path_buf), "test".to_string())
+        let table = Table::open(uri, "test").await.unwrap();
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
 
         let vector = Float32Array::from_iter_values([0.1, 0.2]);
         let query = table.search(vector.clone());
@@ -291,7 +295,7 @@ mod tests {
         use arrow_array::Float32Array;
 
         let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let path_buf = tmp_dir.into_path();
+        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
 
         let dimension = 16;
         let schema = Arc::new(ArrowSchema::new(vec![Field::new(
@@ -318,9 +322,7 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap()]);
 
         let reader: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader + Send> = Box::new(batches);
-        let mut table = Table::create(Arc::new(path_buf), "test".to_string(), reader)
+        let mut table = Table::create(uri, "test", reader).await.unwrap();
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
 
         let mut i = IvfPQIndexBuilder::new();
 
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ mod tests {
             .ivf_params(IvfBuildParams::new(256))
             .pq_params(PQBuildParams::default());
 
-        table.create_idx(index_builder).await.unwrap();
+        table.create_index(index_builder).await.unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(table.dataset.load_indices().await.unwrap().len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(table.count_rows().await.unwrap(), 512);