Any chance of an R DBI implementation?

[jameshowison]

I'd love to use data.world as a backend for SQL but have it work in R Notebooks via the knitr {sql} engine. That enables students to simply write SQL and not have to worry about the R code around it.

Two ways forward I think:

1. A datadotworld knitr engine (replacing the sql engine). I tried that but run into some trouble because R Notebooks via RStudio worked differently than straight Knitr. I posted about that on a comment at: http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/authoring_knitr_engines.html (might still be in moderation?)

2. Implement a (limited) DBI backend for the data.world API. That would be broadly useful but in this specific case it would make the knitr sql engine "just work". The basics of constructing a DBI compliant backend look like it might be possible?
   https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/DBI/vignettes/backend.html

[scottcame]

In the past few months, an open source (CC0) DBI driver became available here: https://github.com/carljv/dwDBI