DropCollection

This operation drops a collection and all its data permanently.

go

func (c *Client) DropCollection(ctx context.Context, option DropCollectionOption, callOptions ...grpc.CallOption) error

Request Syntax

Creates the request for DropCollection().

go

option := milvusclient.NewDropCollectionOption(name)

err := client.DropCollection(ctx, option)

PARAMETERS:

• name (string) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of the target collection.

BUILDER METHODS:

• NewDropCollectionOption(name string)

  Creates the request for DropCollection().

RETURN TYPE:

error

RETURNS:

Returns nil on success, or an error describing what went wrong.

ERROR HANDLING:

• error

  The operation fails. Check err != nil for failure details.

Example

Demonstrates DropCollection() usage.

go

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/client/v3/milvusclient"
)

ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
defer cancel()

milvusAddr := "YOUR_CLUSTER_ENDPOINT"

cli, err := milvusclient.New(ctx, &milvusclient.ClientConfig{
	Address: milvusAddr,
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal("failed to connect to milvus server: ", err.Error())
}

defer cli.Close(ctx)

err = cli.DropCollection(ctx, milvusclient.NewDropCollectionOption("customized_setup_2"))
if err != nil {
	// handle err
}