<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
</dependency>

@Entity
@Table(name = "greetings")
public class Greeting {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    @Column(name = "greeting_id")
    private long id;

    @Column(name = "text")
    private String text;

    // getters and setters here
}

@Repository
public interface GreetingRepository extends JpaRepository<Greeting, Long> {
}

@RestController("/hello")
public class GreetingsController {

    @Autowired
    private GreetingRepository repo;

    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public Collection<Greeting> getGreetings() {
        return repo.findAll();
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public Greeting getGreeting(@PathVariable long id) {
        return repo.findOne(id);
    }
}

spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers=true

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/example
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=secret
spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

mysql> describe greetings;
+-------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field       | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| greeting_id | bigint(20)   | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| text        | varchar(255) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+-------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Failed to convert value of type 'java.lang.String' to required type 'long'; nested exception is java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "hello"