Copy and paste fails when ALT pressed and german special chars in text (4347524)

Getting error "No mapping for the unicode character exists in the target multi-byte code page" when using copy - paste with ALT pressed and German special chars in the text.

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Type Gerät in the SQL Editor
2. Press return return
3. Type Gerät again
4. Now press ALT ,select the 2 lines from left to right ,r-click and select "Copy"
5. Press return return
6. R-clik and select "Paste" :  No mapping for the unicode character exists in the target multi-byte code page.

WORKAROUND

Use standard copy past and not column copy paste

STATUS

Waiting for fix in a future release of Toad for Oracle