sqla2.py

from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy import *
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, relationship
Base = declarative_base()

class AB(Base):
    __tablename__= 'ab'
    id_a = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('a.id', ondelete='CASCADE'), primary_key=True)
    id_b = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('b.id', ondelete='CASCADE'), primary_key=True)
    rel = Column(Unicode)

class A(Base):
    __tablename__ = 'a'
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)

class B(Base):
    __tablename__ = 'b'
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    rel_a = relationship('AB', passive_deletes=True)

engine = create_engine('sqlite://', echo=True)
Base.metadata.create_all(engine)

sess = sessionmaker(engine)()

a1 = A()
b1 = B()
ab = AB()

sess.add_all([a1,b1])
sess.flush()

ab.id_a = a1.id
ab.id_b = b1.id
ab.rel = u'truite'
sess.add(ab)
sess.flush()
sess.delete(b1)
sess.flush()