if then statement not working asp

I've been trying every combination to make this if then statement work on my ASP page. I've calling fields from 2 access database, then I need to compare both to see if there is a facility that has a report against them.

At first I was using the facility name as the anchor to both database files. It worked pretty good until there was an issue with double quotes in the name. This code worked

 <%
          for k=0 to y-1
          if (B(1,k)) = facility then
          %>&bull;<a href="detail-e.asp?ID=<%=B(0,k)%>"><%=B(2,k)%></a><br /><%
          end if
          NEXT
          %>

So all I did was add a facility id number in the second database (row 12) since the ID already existed in the first database

      <%
      for k=0 to y-1
      response.write(ID)
      response.write("\")
      response.write(B(12,k))
      if (B(12,k)) = ID then
      response.write("TRUE")
      %>&bull;<a href="detaile.asp?ID=<%=B(0,k)%>"><%=B(2,k)%></a><br /><%
      else
      response.write("FALSE")
      end if
      response.write("<br>")
      NEXT
      %>

as you can see, I've tested that the values are acually the same. The results of this If Then is;

2006225\2006225FALSE 2006225\2007101FALSE 2006225\2006225FALSE 2006225\2004245FALSE 2006225\279025FALSE 2006225\2006225FALSE 2006225\2006225FALSE 2006225\2006225FALSE 2006225\2006225FALSE