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SCACHE.DROP

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SCACHE.DROP namespace
Group
Semantic cache
Complexity
O(N) where N is the number of entries
Arity
2 (exactly, counting the command name)
Flags
write, slow
Keys
first 1, last 1, step 1
HotKV Cloud
Performance and Scale
On-Premise
requires the semantic-cache license feature

The semantic cache returns a cached LLM response when a new query embedding is similar enough to one you stored, so paraphrased requests can hit. Your application computes the embeddings. SCACHE.DROP deletes a namespace with its entries, settings and counters.

Case RESP2 RESP3
Namespace deleted Integer 1 Same
No such namespace Integer 0 Same

Errors:

  • ERR wrong number of arguments for 'scache.drop' command if the argument count is wrong.
  • NOLICENSE semantic-cache requires a HotKV license. Contact sales@hotkv.com if your license does not include the semantic-cache feature.
127.0.0.1:6379> SCACHE.DROP small
(integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> SCACHE.DROP small
(integer) 0

HotKV-only command. Redis and Valkey have no equivalent.

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