drop_partition()
This operation drops a specified partition from the current collection.
drop_partition(
partition_name: str
timeout: float | None
)
Request Syntax
from pymilvus import Collection
# Get an existing collection
collection = Collection(name="string")
# drop an existing partition
collection.drop_partition(
partition_name="string"
)
PARAMETERS:
partition_name (str) -
The name of the partition to drop.
timeout (float | None)
The timeout duration for this operation. Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.
RETURN TYPE:
NoneType
RETURNS:
None
EXCEPTIONS:
MilvusException
This exception will be raised when any error occurs during this operation.
Examples
from pymilvus import Collection, CollectionSchema, FieldSchema, DataType
schema = CollectionSchema([
FieldSchema("id", DataType.INT64, is_primary=True),
FieldSchema("vector", DataType.FLOAT_VECTOR, dim=5)
])
# Create a collection
collection = Collection(
name="test_collection",
schema=schema
)
# Create a partition
partition = collection.create_partition("test_partition")
# Check whether the partition exists
collection.has_partition("test_partition") # True
# Drop the partition
collection.drop_partition("test_partition")
# Check whether the partition exists
collection.has_partition("test_partition") # False