drop_partition()

Addedv2.3.xModifiedv2.6.x

This operation drops a specified partition from the current collection.

📘Notes

Before dropping a partition, you must first release it.

Request syntax

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

PARAMETERS:

• collection_name (str) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of an existing collection.

• partition_name (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

client = MilvusClient(
    uri="YOUR_CLUSTER_ENDPOINT",
    token="YOUR_CLUSTER_TOKEN"
)

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

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

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

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