Characters like ƒ gets converted to ¿ on insert to table

characters like ƒ gets converted to ¿. What should be done in order to support special characters?
I am using Oracle 10g

You need to check the database character set. If it is US7ASCII for example then there is a very restricted character set.
You can run a query like select * from nls_database_parameters
to see all nls (national language support) paramaters. have a look at the nls_characterset.
You should also read the Globalization Guide for your Oracle level to see what characters are supported and what options you have

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Dhanchik:
The table from which I select rows, to insert into table on dblink, is having only one record. It may contatin maximum 100 rows at a time because I am scheduling the procedure through daemon process. Anyway transaction is not more than 100 records. I am trying with just 1 record for testing.
So 1) Problem is not about the cost, TOAD is getting hanged ( to insert 1 record, cost does not mean much)
2) there is no large amount of data, so no question of deteriorated performance
Aron Tunzi:
I think that should not be problem, because I am able to insert a record through query 2.
Warren Tolentino :
I am testing with 1 record only. Its not performance issue.
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