drop()

This operation drops the current partition.

Request Syntax

drop(
    timeout: float | None
)

PARAMETERS:

• 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 arises 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 = Partition(
    collection=collection,
    name="test_partition"
)

# Drop the partition
partition.drop()

Related operations

The following operations are related to drop():

• get_replicas()

• load()

• release()