Inverted Question Mark

Hi All,
In forms 10g when we had entered pound symbol in a text item (using alt + 156) it comes exactly as pound and i am able to save and re-query it. But when the same is inserted through a insert script through sqlplus the pound symbols comes as inverted question mark.
Why is this due to. Help in this is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Hi,
Yes we did check it.
Nothing has been given for NLS_LANG parameter in client for Sql Plus before inserting those records.
Thanks

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