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# How-to Guides

Use these guides when you already know the basic bootstrap path and need to
adapt it to a specific task.

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:::{grid-item-card} Use a Custom Database
:link: custom-database
:link-type: doc
Point unihan-db at a project-owned SQLite file.
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:::{grid-item-card} Bootstrap from a Local Archive
:link: offline-bootstrap
:link-type: doc
Load UNIHAN data from a local archive for tests or offline runs.
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:::{grid-item-card} Query Local Rows
:link: query-related-tables
:link-type: doc
Create rows, query them, and turn ORM objects into dictionaries.
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```{toctree}
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custom-database
offline-bootstrap
query-related-tables
```