delete()

This operation deletes entities by their IDs or with a boolean expression.

JavaScript

await milvusClient.delete(data)

Request Syntax

This method has the following alternatives.

With DeleteByIdsReq

JavaScript

await milvusClient.delete({
   db_name: string,
   collection_name: string,
   partition_name?: string,
   ids: string[] | number[],
   consistency_level: string,
   timeout?: number
 })

PARAMETERS:

• db_name (string) -

  The name of the database that holds the target collection.

• collection_name (string) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of an existing collection.

• partition_name (string) -

  The name of an existing partition in the collection.

• ids (string[] | number[]) -

  [REQUIRED]

  A specific entity ID or a list of entity IDs.

  The value defaults to None, indicating that a scalar filtering condition applies.

• consistency_level (ConsistencyLevelEnum) -

  The consistency level of the target collection. The value defaults to Bounded (1) with options of Strong (0), Bounded (1), Session (2), and Eventually (3).

• 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<MutationResult>

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

JavaScript

{
    succ_index: number[],
    err_index: number[],
    acknowledged: boolean,
    insert_cnt: string,
    delete_cnt: string,
    upsert_cnt: string,
    timestamp: string,
    IDs: { int_id?: { data: number[] }, str_id?: { data: string[] }, id_field: 'int_id' | 'str_id' },
    status:  ResStatus
}

PARAMETERS:

• succ_index (number[]) - The zero-based positions of input IDs that matched a row and were marked deleted.

• err_index (number[]) - The zero-based positions of input IDs that did not match any row.

• acknowledged (boolean) - Whether the delete was acknowledged by Milvus.

• insert_cnt (string) - Always "0" for delete().

• delete_cnt (string) - The number of rows logically deleted by this operation.

• upsert_cnt (string) - Always "0" for delete().

• timestamp (string) - The hybrid timestamp at which the delete became visible.

• IDs (StringArrayId | NumberArrayId) - The primary keys that were targeted by this delete. For the full field reference, refer to the insert() doc.

• ResStatus A ResStatus object.

  • 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

<Tabs groupId="code" defaultValue='python' values={[{"label":"Python","value":"python"},{"label":"Java","value":"java"}]}> <TabItem value='python'>

JavaScript

const milvusClient = new MilvusClient({
    address: 'localhost:19530',
    token: 'root:Milvus',
});
 const resStatus = await milvusClient.delete({
   collection_name: 'my_collection',
   ids: [1,2,3,4]
 });

</TabItem>

<TabItem value='java'>

JavaScript

import { MilvusClient } from '@zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node';

const milvusClient = new MilvusClient({
    address: 'localhost:19530',
    token: 'root:Milvus',
});

// Delete by IDs
const resStatus1 = await milvusClient.delete({
    collection_name: 'my_collection',
    ids: [1, 2, 3, 4],
});

// Delete by filter
const resStatus2 = await milvusClient.delete({
    collection_name: 'my_collection',
    filter: 'id in [5, 6, 7, 8]',
});

</TabItem> </Tabs>