Problem reading LONG Column using jdbc thin driver

hi,

I'm trying to grab a LONG column off an oracle 8.x database. I've got the most recent jdbc from the oracle site, I'm using the thin driver. Is there a problem accessing this?

I'm trying to read it off the database, turn it into a string (it will be one long token).

         So after I do a select I then:

   while (rset.next()) {

       InputStream stream_var = rset.getAsciiStream ("COLUMN_NAME");
       Reader r = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(stream_var));
       StreamTokenizer st = new StreamTokenizer(r);
       string_var = st.sval;
       System.out.println(string_var);

the printed line just returns: null But there is text in the LONG column, and when I was testing and using a varchar field type every thing worked.

So, I wondering what I'm doing wrong, or if the oracle thin driver has any problems with LONG (Note: not to be confused with the long integer type in java)

Any help appreciated. I'm pretty new to this so please, include details! Thanks in advance

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