lance-format / lance-format/lance
[DuckDB] Support export table from DuckDB to lance
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duckdb
enhancement
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rust
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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);
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- 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