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[DuckDB] Support export table from DuckDB to lance

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Description

Problem Statement

Duckdb allows to export a table via COPY/EXPORT command.

https://duckdb.org/docs/sql/statements/export.html

-- export the table contents with the given options
EXPORT DATABASE 'target_directory' (FORMAT CSV, DELIMITER '|');
-- export the table contents as parquet
EXPORT DATABASE 'target_directory' (FORMAT PARQUET);

Desired Behavior

In Lance duckdb extension, we could support COPY statement

COPY (SELECT * FROM tbl) TO 'output.lance' (FORMAT LANCE);

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the Lance DuckDB extension and its COPY statement integration points. Read the linked DuckDB export documentation and trace how existing table-export formats are handled. Done means the extension accepts COPY (SELECT * FROM tbl) TO 'output.lance' (FORMAT LANCE) and exports the selected table to a Lance file.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust, sql
Domain
data-engineering, databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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