Is it possible to insert (add) a row to a SQLite db table using dplyr package?

Question

I am new to the database connection capabilities of dplyr package, but I am very interested in using it for an SQLite connection. I followed this tutorial and created an SQL

Answer 1

You can perform SQL operations on a database/table created via dplyr, but you have to revert to RSQLite/DBI calls and change how you made the database/table:

library(dplyr)

my_db <- src_sqlite("my_db.sqlite3", create=TRUE) 
copy_to(my_db, iris, "my_table", temporary=FALSE) # need to set temporary to FALSE

# grab the db connection from the object created by src_sqlite
# and issue the INSERT That way

res <- dbSendQuery(my_db$con, 
                   'INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (9.9, 9.9, 9.9, 9.9, "new")')