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DROP VECTOR INDEX

Introduced or updated: v1.2.777

Removes a Vector index from a table.

Syntax

DROP VECTOR INDEX [IF EXISTS] <index_name> ON [<database>.]<table_name>

Examples

-- Create a table with a vector index
CREATE TABLE articles (
id INT,
title VARCHAR,
embedding VECTOR(768),
VECTOR INDEX idx_embedding(embedding) distance = 'cosine'
);

-- Drop the vector index
DROP VECTOR INDEX idx_embedding ON articles;

-- Drop with IF EXISTS to avoid errors if index doesn't exist
DROP VECTOR INDEX IF EXISTS idx_embedding ON articles;
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