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Brendan Clement 06aa526ae1 docs: correct data workflows, SQL and operations (#4534)
This PR is part of the documentation revamp. Once the full set of PRs is
merged, we’ll publish the combined site to staging for review before
updating docs.lancedb.com.

The curation, SQL and operations pages contain outdated claims and
examples that do not reliably work as written.

This corrects those pages against the reviewed SDK and local server
evidence, including prepared statements, background jobs, cleanup and
monitoring. Integration guides are grouped with their examples in #4533.

Function and Secret-object documentation stays unpublished until its
release. The two Function pages are listed in `.mintignore` and left out
of the navigation, and the sections about them on other pages are MDX
comments.

Stacked on #4533. Each MDX file has one PR owner. Rebase onto main after
#4533 is squash-merged.

Local assembly, Mint validation and link checks pass, and the assembled
site shows no Function or Secret-object content. A local release
rehearsal that uncomments the drafts and restores the navigation also
passes. Hold publication until this PR and lancedb/sophon#8688 are on
`main`.
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
"""Examples for docs/web/management/function.mdx.
Registering a Function and filling its column need a LanceDB Enterprise
deployment, so `test_function_enterprise` runs only when
LANCEDB_DOCS_TEST_DEPLOYMENT=1 asks for one, with the connection variables the
Enterprise examples already use: LANCEDB_URI, LANCEDB_API_KEY and
LANCEDB_HOST_OVERRIDE, plus LANCEDB_REGION if the deployment needs one. The
walkthrough calls its table `function_demo` and its Function `double`; the test
creates both under names unique to its run, never replaces an existing object,
and drops only what it created.
The other tests run locally and check the client side of the same code: what
`@udf` sends for registration, how a registered version binds a column, where a
local connection stops, and when the Enterprise test connects. They do not run
a Function remotely.
"""
import json
import os
import sys
import uuid
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
import pyarrow as pa
import pytest
from lancedb import col
from lancedb.functions import FunctionApplication, FunctionVersion
# --8<-- [start:function_define]
from lancedb import udf
@udf
def double(value: float) -> float:
return value * 2
# --8<-- [end:function_define]
# The definition the walkthrough registers. The Enterprise test registers a copy
# of it under a name that only its run uses.
WALKTHROUGH_DOUBLE = double
def describe(value: float):
return {"half": value / 2, "note": None}
# A Function version as the service returns it after registration: the SDK's
# shared golden reply, with the name and signature of the definition above.
SERVICE_REPLY = (
Path(__file__).parents[3]
/ "rust"
/ "lancedb"
/ "tests"
/ "fixtures"
/ "first_class_functions"
/ "v1"
/ "remote_function_job.json"
)
def registered_version(definition) -> FunctionVersion:
request = definition.registration_request
reply = json.loads(SERVICE_REPLY.read_text())["result"]
reply["name"] = request.name
reply["signature"] = json.loads(request.signature.to_canonical_json())
return FunctionVersion.from_json(json.dumps(reply))
DEPLOYMENT = ("LANCEDB_URI", "LANCEDB_HOST_OVERRIDE", "LANCEDB_API_KEY")
# The connection settings alone never send this test to a deployment.
OPT_IN = "LANCEDB_DOCS_TEST_DEPLOYMENT"
def require_deployment():
if os.environ.get(OPT_IN) != "1":
pytest.skip(f"set {OPT_IN}=1 and {', '.join(DEPLOYMENT)} to use a deployment")
missing = [name for name in DEPLOYMENT if not os.environ.get(name)]
if missing:
pytest.fail(f"{OPT_IN}=1 needs {', '.join(missing)}")
def test_function_runs_locally_as_python():
# --8<-- [start:function_local_call]
print(double(1.5))
# 3.0
# --8<-- [end:function_local_call]
assert double(1.5) == 3.0
def test_function_registration_request():
request = double.registration_request
assert request.name == "double"
assert [
(parameter.name, parameter.arrow_type, parameter.nullable)
for parameter in request.signature.inputs
] == [("value", "float64", False)]
output = request.signature.output
assert (output.kind, output.arrow_type, output.nullable) == (
"scalar",
"float64",
False,
)
version = request.runtime.python_version
assert version == f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}"
assert request.runtime.environment.packages == ()
def test_function_output_nullability():
inputs = pa.schema([pa.field("value", pa.float64(), nullable=False)])
# A named-struct output may declare nullable fields.
fields = [
pa.field("half", pa.float64(), nullable=False),
pa.field("note", pa.string(), nullable=True),
]
struct = udf(input_schema=inputs, output_schema=pa.schema(fields))(describe)
output = struct.registration_request.signature.output
assert output.kind == "named_struct"
assert [(field.name, field.nullable) for field in output.fields] == [
("half", False),
("note", True),
]
# A scalar output, and a struct declared as one nullable field, may not be.
for nullable in (
pa.field("result", pa.float64(), nullable=True),
pa.field("result", pa.struct(fields), nullable=True),
):
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="non-nullable"):
udf(input_schema=inputs, output_schema=nullable)(describe)
def test_function_registration_is_remote(tmp_path):
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
db.create_function(double)
def test_function_version_binds_a_column(tmp_path):
version = registered_version(double)
application = version(value=col("value"))
assert isinstance(application, FunctionApplication)
assert application.function.name == "double"
assert application.function.version == version.version
assert [
(binding.parameter, binding.kind, binding.value["path"])
for binding in application.inputs
] == [("value", "column", "value")]
with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="direct col"):
version(value=1.5)
with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="missing"):
version(x=col("value"))
# The binding is accepted by add_columns, which a local table refuses:
# a Function column needs LanceDB Cloud or Enterprise.
table = lancedb.connect(tmp_path).create_table("t", [{"value": 1.0}])
with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="Cloud and Enterprise"):
table.add_columns({"doubled": application})
def test_function_enterprise(monkeypatch):
require_deployment()
# --8<-- [start:function_connect]
import os
import lancedb
db = lancedb.connect(
uri=os.environ["LANCEDB_URI"], # db://your-database
api_key=os.environ["LANCEDB_API_KEY"],
region=os.environ.get("LANCEDB_REGION", "us-east-1"),
host_override=os.environ["LANCEDB_HOST_OVERRIDE"],
)
# --8<-- [end:function_connect]
# In a shared database `function_demo` or `double` may already exist, so
# this run creates both under names only it uses, and drops only those.
run = uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]
table_name = f"function_demo_{run}"
double = udf(name=f"double_{run}")(WALKTHROUGH_DOUBLE.__wrapped__)
create_table = db.create_table
def create_run_table(name, *args, **kwargs):
assert name == "function_demo"
return create_table(table_name, *args, **kwargs)
monkeypatch.setattr(db, "create_table", create_run_table)
table = None
version = None
try:
# --8<-- [start:function_create_table]
import pyarrow as pa
schema = pa.schema([pa.field("value", pa.float64(), nullable=False)])
table = db.create_table(
"function_demo",
[{"value": 1.0}, {"value": 2.0}, {"value": 3.0}],
schema=schema,
)
# --8<-- [end:function_create_table]
# --8<-- [start:function_register]
job = db.create_function_async(double)
version = job.wait()
# --8<-- [end:function_register]
assert version.name == f"double_{run}"
# --8<-- [start:function_apply]
from lancedb import col
table.add_columns({"doubled": version(value=col("value"))})
# --8<-- [end:function_apply]
# --8<-- [start:function_refresh]
refresh = table.refresh_column_async("doubled")
result = refresh.wait()
print(result.rows_assigned)
# 3
# --8<-- [end:function_refresh]
assert result.rows_assigned == 3
assert result.rows_failed == 0
# --8<-- [start:function_inspect]
rows = table.search().select(["value", "doubled"]).to_list()
print(sorted((row["value"], row["doubled"]) for row in rows))
# [(1.0, 2.0), (2.0, 4.0), (3.0, 6.0)]
# --8<-- [end:function_inspect]
assert sorted((row["value"], row["doubled"]) for row in rows) == [
(1.0, 2.0),
(2.0, 4.0),
(3.0, 6.0),
]
finally:
if table is not None:
db.drop_table(table_name)
if version is not None:
db.drop_function(version.name, version=version.version)
class ReachedConnection(Exception):
pass
SETTINGS = {
"LANCEDB_URI": "db://docs-test",
"LANCEDB_HOST_OVERRIDE": "https://deployment.invalid",
"LANCEDB_API_KEY": "docs-test-key",
}
@pytest.fixture
def connect_attempts(monkeypatch):
"""`lancedb.connect`, replaced so that it records each call and stops."""
attempts = []
def connect(**kwargs):
attempts.append(kwargs)
raise ReachedConnection
monkeypatch.setattr(lancedb, "connect", connect)
for name in (OPT_IN, *DEPLOYMENT, "LANCEDB_REGION"):
monkeypatch.delenv(name, raising=False)
return attempts
def enterprise_outcome(monkeypatch):
try:
test_function_enterprise(monkeypatch)
except (pytest.skip.Exception, pytest.fail.Exception, ReachedConnection) as outcome:
return outcome
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"opt_in",
[None, "", "0", "true", "TRUE", "yes", "on", " 1", "1 ", "01", "1.0", "11"],
)
def test_function_enterprise_needs_the_exact_opt_in(
monkeypatch, connect_attempts, opt_in
):
for name, value in SETTINGS.items():
monkeypatch.setenv(name, value)
if opt_in is not None:
monkeypatch.setenv(OPT_IN, opt_in)
outcome = enterprise_outcome(monkeypatch)
assert isinstance(outcome, pytest.skip.Exception), outcome
assert str(outcome).startswith(f"set {OPT_IN}=1 ")
assert connect_attempts == []
@pytest.mark.parametrize("blank", ["unset", "empty"])
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"missing", [*([name] for name in DEPLOYMENT), list(DEPLOYMENT)]
)
def test_function_enterprise_fails_when_asked_without_settings(
monkeypatch, connect_attempts, missing, blank
):
monkeypatch.setenv(OPT_IN, "1")
for name, value in SETTINGS.items():
if name not in missing:
monkeypatch.setenv(name, value)
elif blank == "empty":
monkeypatch.setenv(name, "")
outcome = enterprise_outcome(monkeypatch)
assert isinstance(outcome, pytest.fail.Exception), outcome
assert str(outcome) == f"{OPT_IN}=1 needs {', '.join(missing)}"
assert connect_attempts == []
@pytest.mark.parametrize("region", [None, "eu-west-1"])
def test_function_enterprise_connects_when_asked(monkeypatch, connect_attempts, region):
monkeypatch.setenv(OPT_IN, "1")
for name, value in SETTINGS.items():
monkeypatch.setenv(name, value)
if region:
monkeypatch.setenv("LANCEDB_REGION", region)
outcome = enterprise_outcome(monkeypatch)
assert isinstance(outcome, ReachedConnection), outcome
assert connect_attempts == [
{
"uri": "db://docs-test",
"api_key": "docs-test-key",
"region": region or "us-east-1",
"host_override": "https://deployment.invalid",
}
]