CoreData: Filtering a FetchRequest results are nil
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I am trying to filter a fetch request to CD and initially it worked but now it is returning an empty array. I've checked the entity (Provider) and the key name I am trying to filter by is correct (providerName). I've checked the SQLite DB and the record with a name that matches the providerName I am searching for is there. (See attached images below). Could someone review my code and see if I am doing something wrong? Thanks:

    - (NSArray* ) filterItemsFromCoreData : (NSArray* ) filters { 
    
    //create a managed object context
    NSManagedObjectContext* context = [self managedObjectContext];
    
    //create error container and fetch request
    NSError* errMsg;
    NSFetchRequest* fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    
    //get our filters from passed array
    NSString* filterProviderName = [filters objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString* filterProviderZip = [filters objectAtIndex:1];
    NSString* filterProviderPhone = [filters objectAtIndex:2];
    
    //create predicate
    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"providerName == %@", filterProviderName];
    
    //create entity description
    NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription
                                   entityForName:@"Provider" inManagedObjectContext:context];
    
    //add entity and predicate to fetch request
    [fetchRequest setEntity:entity];
    [fetchRequest setPredicate:predicate];
    
    //get the objects
    NSArray *fetchedObjects = [context executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&errMsg];
    NSLog(@"%@", fetchedObjects);
    return fetchedObjects;
    }


Entity Screen Capture
![Entity Screen Cap][1]


SQLite DB
![SQLite DB][2]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/IjDQn.png
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/Fnjks.png