>>> from sqlalchemy import create_engine, MetaData, Table, Column
>>> from sqlalchemy import Integer, String, Date, Numeric, Enum
>>> from sqlalchemy import delete
>>>
>>>
>>> engine = create_engine('sqlite:///:memory:', future=True)
>>> metadata = MetaData()
>>>
>>> astronaut = Table('astronaut', metadata,
...     Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True),
...     Column('firstname', String(50), nullable=False),
...     Column('lastname', String(50), nullable=False),
...     Column('agency', Enum('NASA', 'ESA', 'POLSA')),
...     Column('birthdate', Date),
...     Column('age', Integer),
...     Column('height', Numeric(3,2)),
...     Column('weight', Numeric(3,2)),
... )
>>>
>>> ASTRONAUTS = [
...     {'firstname': 'Mark', 'lastname': 'Watney'},
...     {'firstname': 'Melissa', 'lastname': 'Lewis'},
...     {'firstname': 'Rick', 'lastname': 'Martinez'},
... ]
>>>
>>> with engine.begin() as db:
...     metadata.create_all(db)
...     result = db.execute(astronaut.insert(), ASTRONAUTS)

>>> query = (
...     delete(astronaut).
...     where(astronaut.c.id == 3)
... )
>>>
>>> with engine.begin() as db:
...     result = db.execute(query)