dropCollection()

This operation drops a collection.

dropCollection(data): Promise<ResStatus>

Request Syntax

milvusClient.dropCollection({ 
    db_name: string,
    collection_name: string,
    timeout?: number
})

PARAMETERS:

• db_name (string) -

  The name of the database that holds the target collection.

• collection_name (string) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of an existing collection.

• timeout (number)

  The timeout duration for this operation.

  Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.

RETURNS Promise<ResStatus>

This method returns a promise that resolves to a ResStatus object.

{
    code: number,
    error_code: string | number,
    reason: string
}

PARAMETERS:

• code (number) -

  A code that indicates the operation result. It remains 0 if this operation succeeds.

• error_code (string | number) -

  An error code that indicates an occurred error. It remains Success if this operation succeeds.

• reason (string) -

  The reason that indicates the reason for the reported error. It remains an empty string if this operation succeeds.

Example

const milvusClient = new milvusClient(MILUVS_ADDRESS);
 const resStatus = await milvusClient.dropCollection({ collection_name: 'my_collection' });