lancedb-gatefixer[bot] dcbf5ce66a fix: preserve null blob descriptor fields in SQL (#4571)
SQL descriptor access returns NULL for every field of a NULL Blob v2
value, so `payload.size = 0` matches only empty blobs and `payload.size
IS NULL` matches NULL blobs.

DataFusion 54.1.0 extracts struct children without combining their
validity with the parent struct. Lance descriptors keep nullness in the
parent and can store zero-filled children beneath NULL blobs. The
adapter derives the descriptor schema from Lance's default projection,
marks descriptor children nullable, and masks them before SQL
evaluation. Schema derivation requires no query request, and the mask
handles struct and list nesting while preserving existing child nulls
and value buffers without fetching blob bytes.

Filter classification follows the referenced struct field path. Blob
predicates stay above the mask; scalar siblings such as `extra.note`
retain exact filter pushdown even when `extra.clip` is a blob.

**Merge hold:** as requested in the [review
discussion](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/4571#issuecomment-6253443077),
blob SQL INSERT compatibility remains pending a separate write-mode
design. DataFusion uses the provider's single schema for reads and
INSERT coercion, so the descriptor schema still rejects blob write
structs. This follow-up does not restore those INSERTs; the merge should
wait until the write contract is settled.

Validation:

- Reproduced the original NULL blob returning `kind = 0` before enabling
the mask.
- Reproduced both the extra remote query and lost nested sibling
pushdown before the follow-up fixes.
- All 441 DataFusion adapter tests passed after merging main at
`e6789a41`, including SQL projections, filters, mixed predicates, LIMIT,
COUNT, schema agreement, sliced arrays, nested structs, list variants,
and EXPLAIN assertions for scalar sibling pushdown. The blob fixtures
use the current four-field write format, and NULL-blob filtering is also
covered with row IDs and row addresses enabled.
- Remote constructor regression passed: one describe request and no
query request, with nullable descriptor fields preserved.
- `cargo fmt --all`
- `cargo clippy --locked --profile ci -p lancedb --features remote
--tests --examples -- -D warnings`

Fixes #4569

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