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[vectordb](../README.md) / [Exports](../modules.md) / Connection
# Interface: Connection
A LanceDB Connection that allows you to open tables and create new ones.
Connection could be local against filesystem or remote against a server.
## Implemented by
- [`LocalConnection`](../classes/LocalConnection.md)
## Table of contents
### Properties
- [uri](Connection.md#uri)
### Methods
- [createTable](Connection.md#createtable)
- [createTableArrow](Connection.md#createtablearrow)
- [dropTable](Connection.md#droptable)
- [openTable](Connection.md#opentable)
- [tableNames](Connection.md#tablenames)
## Properties
### uri
**uri**: `string`
#### Defined in
[index.ts:70](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/blob/b1eeb90/node/src/index.ts#L70)
## Methods
### createTable
**createTable**<`T`\>(`name`, `data`, `mode?`, `embeddings?`): `Promise`<[`Table`](Table.md)<`T`\>\>
Creates a new Table and initialize it with new data.
#### Type parameters
| Name |
| :------ |
| `T` |
#### Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
| :------ | :------ | :------ |
| `name` | `string` | The name of the table. |
| `data` | `Record`<`string`, `unknown`\>[] | Non-empty Array of Records to be inserted into the table |
| `mode?` | [`WriteMode`](../enums/WriteMode.md) | The write mode to use when creating the table. |
| `embeddings?` | [`EmbeddingFunction`](EmbeddingFunction.md)<`T`\> | An embedding function to use on this table |
#### Returns
`Promise`<[`Table`](Table.md)<`T`\>\>
#### Defined in
[index.ts:90](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/blob/b1eeb90/node/src/index.ts#L90)
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### createTableArrow
**createTableArrow**(`name`, `table`): `Promise`<[`Table`](Table.md)<`number`[]\>\>
#### Parameters
| Name | Type |
| :------ | :------ |
| `name` | `string` |
| `table` | `Table`<`any`\> |
#### Returns
`Promise`<[`Table`](Table.md)<`number`[]\>\>
#### Defined in
[index.ts:92](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/blob/b1eeb90/node/src/index.ts#L92)
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### dropTable
**dropTable**(`name`): `Promise`<`void`\>
Drop an existing table.
#### Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
| :------ | :------ | :------ |
| `name` | `string` | The name of the table to drop. |
#### Returns
`Promise`<`void`\>
#### Defined in
[index.ts:98](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/blob/b1eeb90/node/src/index.ts#L98)
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### openTable
**openTable**<`T`\>(`name`, `embeddings?`): `Promise`<[`Table`](Table.md)<`T`\>\>
Open a table in the database.
#### Type parameters
| Name |
| :------ |
| `T` |
#### Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
| :------ | :------ | :------ |
| `name` | `string` | The name of the table. |
| `embeddings?` | [`EmbeddingFunction`](EmbeddingFunction.md)<`T`\> | An embedding function to use on this table |
#### Returns
`Promise`<[`Table`](Table.md)<`T`\>\>
#### Defined in
[index.ts:80](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/blob/b1eeb90/node/src/index.ts#L80)
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### tableNames
**tableNames**(): `Promise`<`string`[]\>
#### Returns
`Promise`<`string`[]\>
#### Defined in
[index.ts:72](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/blob/b1eeb90/node/src/index.ts#L72)