Applescript string comparison stopped working

I have a script that does a cURL request and returns a string if no database rows are found. At one point this was working and then all the sudden it stopped working.


set testURL to the quoted form of ("http:/
set theURL to (do shell script "curl " & testURL & "")

if theURL = "no rows" then

display dialog "error"
  error number -128
  else
     display dialog("success")
end if



when i display the veriable setURL it always comes back "no rows" and the comparison never works. It skips over the error message and skips right to success no matter what. What is this and why did my comparison stop working all of the sudden?

Applescript string comparison stopped working
 
 
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