i am having trouble retrieving the database id of an item that is clicked on a list

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);


    addBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.addBtn);
    itemInput = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.itemInput);

    addBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            addItem(itemInput.getText().toString());
            itemInput.setText("");
        }
    });

    handler = new MyDbHandler(this,null,null,1);

    mylist = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
    mylist.setOnItemClickListener(
            new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener()
    {

        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id)
        {

            Log.d("Clicked item id", " "+position);

        }

    });
    getList();

}

Above is my main Activity, after looking around i found a solution that said the position parameter represents my items id in the database but that didn't work for me. I would like to get the database id of the item that is clicked on my list.