[Zope] is the return list of an SQL Method a string list

Hello, i have wirtten a python script like this get_all_cities return a list of cities from a SQL database table: the problem ist, that the if condition is never true ( but there exists the Citiy 'new york' in the table) have anybody an idea why this does not work ?? roswitha ----------------------------------------------- for x in get_all_cities : if x =='New York' : do something