problem with the select query

Hi people,

this is my first mail to the group. i am having a problem with the select query.
There are a few values in few columns of a table with some special characters like ~E and ~A and what all, and when i query the database with the select query then the ~E is getting converted into a new line character and i dont know how to solve this problem

Here are a few more examples of the values i see in the tables

h+���^U�����^G:i�����������������::::\N
~A^[���B:�����^T�����M
���.���\t\r~IRB:8(LmB���.~E

My question here is that can i use the select query to extract the data with all these special characters as it is, I mean the ~E here will make the extracted dump to get to the next line which i dont want it to do and the \r is a carriage return. I want these special characters to remain as it is.

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