diff --git a/source/_integrations/recorder.markdown b/source/_integrations/recorder.markdown index b3f9be53691..370e9ed5b76 100644 --- a/source/_integrations/recorder.markdown +++ b/source/_integrations/recorder.markdown @@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ Once Home Assistant finds the database, with the right level of permissions, all ### PostgreSQL +Create the PostgreSQL database with `utf8` encoding. The PostgreSQL default encoding is `SQL_ASCII`. From the `postgres` user account; +```bash +createdb -E utf8 DB_NAME +``` +Where `DB_NAME` is the name of your database + +If the Database in use is not `utf8`, adding `?client_encoding=utf8` to the `db_url` may solve any issue. + For PostgreSQL you may have to install a few dependencies: ```bash