setSelectedItem

I am trying to set the item in a combo box from an Access db.

I did get the 'Object' from Access (shown in NetBeans debugger) but when I do a setSelectedItem it does nothing.

I do have a null value in my combo box list.

Here is the code fragments:

cboType.setEditable(true);
cboType.setFont(new java.awt.Font("MS Sans Serif", 0, 10));
cboType.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[] { "", "List", "Visual Basic Code", "Lotus Notes Code", "Java Code" }));
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// name returns 'List'
Object name = resultset.getString("TYPE");

// displays the null value in the combo box
cboType.setSelectedItem(name);