“read.sql” function in R: Using R as an SQL browser?

Question

I have a large .sql file, created as a backup from a MySQL database (containing several tables), and I would like to search elements within it from R.

Ideally, there

Answer 1

My workaround so far (I am also a newbie with db) is to export the database as .csv file in the phpMyAdmin (need to tick "Export tables as separate files" in the "custom" method). And then use read_csv() on tables I want to work with.

It is not ideal because I would like to export the database and work on it on my computer with R (creating functions that will work when accessing the database that is online) and access the real database later, when I have done all my testing. But from the answers here, it seems the .sql export would not help for that anyway (?) and that I would need to recreate the db locally...