using long in a ref cursor out to jsp

Oracle 9.2.0.6

We use ref cursors to return data to our jsp. We have just received a new feed which contains a long column (we can't change). The package will compile fine using the long but when called from java it pukes out an error. Can java handle the long or should we insert the long colunns into a gtt and return the results that way?

Thanks
Mike
ganstadba_at_hotmail.com

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