compare resultset values with string value

[tushar panda]

the code is wriiten so that it will chec whether the username value is present in result set or not .
rs1 is result set .
username value is given "SMITH" & the result set is the set of "ename" from emp table in oracle db.
in line 4 i have checked the value of username is "SMITH" which i have passed before .
my problem is the condition always evaluates to false , but it should be true , maybe the comparision in line 5 is not right, is it required to convert the "rs1.getString(i)" to string . i am a bit confused how can i search for username in resultset

   while(rs1.next())
{ out.println("<BR>"); for(int i=1; i <= columnCount; i++) {
  out.println(rs1.getString(i));out.println(columnCount);out.println(username);
   out.println(username); // here username is "SMITH"
  if(username==rs1.getString(i))  
  {   address="/shoppee/login.jsp";
  }
 else
 {  address="/WEB-INF/classes/shoppee/registerme.jsp";}
}
}
 

[Campbell Ritchie]

Probably because you are using == for comparing two reference types.

[tushar panda]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Probably because you are using == for comparing two reference types.

thanks for the answer ,
but still i cannot understand how to compare , it would be great if you can show me some code.
one more thing , result set is in string format but what happens when i am comparing it.

Regards
TUSHAR