String querty = "SELECT LEFT(Text, 200) FROM tbl WHERE id = ?";
    String text = "";
    try {
        PreparedStatement st = con.prepareStatement(querty);
        st.setString(1, String.valueOf(id));
        rs = st.executeQuery();
        while (rs.next())
            text = rs.getString("Text");
    } catch (SQLException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

text = rs.getString("Text");