Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

hello,
I have a xml that his tags are in english but the data is in hebrew. i am parsing this xml using the sax parser with jbuilder5.
the problem is that when i am parsing the hebrew string into the char[] buf of the sax parser it switch the hebrew chars into unfamiliars chars like ?@?%?^?&?$?*... .
i know jbuilder5 have problems with hebrew but i don't use it to do nothing with the string except of inserting the string into a oracle database. the database (that usually can read hebrew) reads the strings like the jbuilder (?@?%?^?&?$?*...) and fill it's data with these characters.
I tried to change the setting of the cumputer but it doesn't help.
do anyone have any idea?

thanx.

ofer