String compare issues?

I am trying to compare two strings using the .equals() option. I am obtaining a value from a JDBC connection and trying to validate it against a user entered string, however it always fails. I have the following code -

String search = request.getParameter("usercn"); //get usercn from HTML form
while (rs.next()) {
String result = rs.getString(1); //get the current loop value
out.println("Current node:" + result + "<br>"); //print out current value
out.println("search:" + search + "<br>"); //print out user string
String r1 = new String (result);
String r2 = new String (search);
out.println("r1:" + r1 + "<br>"); // print out r1 value
out.println("r2:" + r2 + "<br>"); //print out r2 value
out.println(r1.equalsIgnoreCase(r2)); //debug - print out true/false
if (r1.equalsIgnoreCase(r2)){
String match = "true";
out.println("match" + r1);}


what I see is the following -

r1:root
r2:root
false

even though the strings appear the same, the comparison is always false.

Any thoughts??

Hi,
One small suggestion.u trim that string value and try like this below
r1.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(r2.trim())

String search ="";
if((request.getParameter("usercn") !=null) ||( request.getParameter("usercn").length() != 0) ||(request.getParameter("usercn") != ""))
{
search = request.getParameter("usercn");
}

while (rs.next()) {
//Here dont retreive via numbers.Readability sake retreive via columnName
String result = rs.getString(1); //get the current loop value

out.println("Current node:" + result + "<br>"); //print out current value
out.println("search:" + search + "<br>"); //print out user string
//The below lines are not needed.Already u are having string
//String r1 = new String (result);
//String r2 = new String (search);

out.println(result.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(search. trim())); //debug - print out true/false
if (r1.equalsIgnoreCase(r2)){
String match = "true";
out.println("match" + r1);}

Thanks! Trimming the string fixed the issue.