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dropIndex()

This operation drops an index from a specific collection.

dropIndex(data): Promise<ResStatus>

Request Syntax​

milvusClient.dropPartition({
    collection_name: string,
    field_name?: string,
    index_name?: string,
    timeout?: number
 });

PARAMETERS:

  • collection_name (string) -

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of an existing collection.

  • field_name (string) -

    The name of an existing field in the collection.

  • index_name (string) -

    The name of the index to drop.

  • timeout (number) -

    The timeout duration for this operation. Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.

RETURNS Promise<ResStatus>

This method returns a promise that resolves to a ResStatus object.

{
    code: number,
    error_code: string | number,
    reason: string
}

PARAMETERS:

  • code (number) -

    A code that indicates the operation result. It remains 0 if this operation succeeds.

  • error_code (string | number) -

    An error code that indicates an occurred error. It remains Success if this operation succeeds.

  • reason (string) -

    The reason that indicates the reason for the reported error. It remains an empty string if this operation succeeds.

Example​

const milvusClient = new MilvusClient(MILUVS_ADDRESS);
const dropIndexReq = {
  collection_name: 'my_collection',
  index_name: 'my_index',
};
const res = await milvusClient.dropIndex(dropIndexReq);
console.log(res);