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Update recorder docs - create PostgreSQL database with utf8 encoding (#16077)

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* Update recorder docs - create PostgreSQL database with utf8 encoding

ref https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/44595

The issue appears to be caused by the PostgreSQL database not using `utf8` encoding. PostgreSQL default is `SQL_ASCII`.

Recreated the database with `utf8` encoding and the errors were not seen.

* Update recorder.markdown

Add in the change to the `db_url` option

* Update recorder.markdown

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### 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