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lancedb/python
yaommen a813ce2f71 fix(python): sanitize bad vectors before Arrow cast (#3158)
## Problem

`on_bad_vectors="drop"` is supposed to remove invalid vector rows before
write, but for some schema-defined vector columns it can still fail
later during Arrow cast instead of dropping the bad row.

Repro:
```python
class MySchema(LanceModel):
    text: str
    embedding: Vector(16)

table = db.create_table("test", schema=MySchema)
table.add(
    [
        {"text": "hello", "embedding": []},
        {"text": "bar", "embedding": [0.1] * 16},
    ],
    on_bad_vectors="drop",
)
```
Before:
```
RuntimeError
Arrow error: C Data interface error: Invalid: ListType can only be casted to FixedSizeListType if the lists are all the expected size.
```
After:
```
rows 1
texts ['bar']
```
## Solution

Make bad-vector sanitization use schema dimensions before cast, while
keeping the handling scoped to vector columns identified by schema
metadata or existing vector-name heuristics.

This also preserves existing integer vector inputs and avoids applying
on_bad_vectors to unrelated fixed-size float columns.


Fixes #1670

Signed-off-by: yaommen <myanstu@163.com>
2026-04-08 09:09:41 -07:00
..
2025-01-29 08:27:07 -08:00
2024-04-05 16:22:59 -07:00

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