to get a LONG datatype from db in my jsp

hi,
i have an inline sql query in my jsp. there it queries a long datatype from the datbase. but when i do a getLong(i am not sure whether this exists) or a getString to retrieve the Long value from the database, my jsp is throwing tantrums. but without that column,everything works smoothe. is there anything particularly special about Long datatypes.
any susggestions how to do this?

thanks and regards,
Prasen