drop_partition()

This operation drops a specified partition from the current collection.

Request syntax

create_partition(
    collection_name: str,
    partition_name: str,
    timeout: Optional[float] = None
) -> None

PARAMETERS:

• collection_name (str) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of an existing collection.

• partition_names (str)

  [REQUIRED]

  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.

Example

from pymilvus import MilvusClient

# 1. Create a milvus client
client = MilvusClient(
    uri="http://localhost:19530",
    token="root:Milvus"
)

# 2. Create a collection
client.create_collection(collection_name="test_collection", dimension=5)

# 3. Create a partition
client.create_partition(
    collection_name="test_collection", 
    partition_name="partition_A"
)

# 4. Release partition
client.release_partitions(
    collection_name="test_collection",
    partition_names=["partition_A"]
)

# 4. Drop the partition
client.drop_partition(
    collection_name="test_collection", 
    partition_name="partition_A"
)

Related methods

• create_partition()

• get_partition_stats()

• has_partition()

• list_partitions()

• load_partitions()

• release_partitions()