import sqlite3

persons = [

    ("Hugo", "Boss"),

    ("Calvin", "Klein")

    ]

con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")

# Create the table

con.execute("create table person(firstname, lastname)")

# Fill the table

con.executemany("insert into person(firstname, lastname) values (?, ?)", persons)

# Print the table contents

for row in con.execute("select firstname, lastname from person"):

    print row

# Using a dummy WHERE clause to not let SQLite take the shortcut table deletes.

print "I just deleted", con.execute("delete from person where 1=1").rowcount, "rows"