Weston Pace 01e272c0b0 fix(rust): match embedding scannable columns by name (#3410)
Fixes #3136.

## Summary

- `WithEmbeddingsScannable::scan_as_stream` matched columns positionally
  against the table schema, so a `CastError` was raised whenever the
  computed batch order differed from the table schema order.
- The mismatch surfaced when `add_columns` added a new physical column
  **after** an embedding column: the table schema became
  `[..., embedding, extra]`, but `compute_embeddings_for_batch` always
  appends embeddings at the end, producing `[..., extra, embedding]`.
  Position 2 then tried to cast e.g. `score: Float64` →
  `embedding: FixedSizeList` and failed.
- Now we look each output column up by name in the result batch, which
  is order-independent. If a non-embedding column required by the table
  schema is missing from the input, we return a clear `InvalidInput`
  error instead of a confusing cast error.

## Reproduction (from the issue)

```text
Table created with:           [id, text, text_vec(embedding)]
add_columns("score")        → schema: [id, text, text_vec, score]
table.add([id, text, score]) → BEFORE: CastError on position 2
                               AFTER:  succeeds, embedding is computed
```

## Tests

-
`data::scannable.rs::test_with_embeddings_scannable_column_added_after_embedding`
  — unit test exercising the exact column-order mismatch via
  `WithEmbeddingsScannable::with_schema`.
-
`data::scannable.rs::test_with_embeddings_scannable_missing_required_column`
  — covers the new "missing column" error path.
- `table::add_data.rs::test_add_with_embeddings_after_add_columns`
  — end-to-end regression test mirroring the reproduction in the issue
  (create table with embedding → `add_columns` → `table.add`).

## Test plan

- [x] `cargo check --quiet --features remote --tests --examples`
- [x] `cargo clippy --quiet --features remote --tests --examples`
- [x] `cargo fmt --all`
- [x] `cargo test --quiet --features remote -p lancedb embedding` — 18
tests pass

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-19 15:08:12 -07:00
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