converting from form -> dropdown box

Anybody could hep me converting the following form to dropdown box? The easier task (I assume) is to populate the box with the all possible values of a column in mySQL table (I don't know what how to do this yet, though). I also haven't been able to find the dropbox's equivalent of form's input lines that are hidden (e.g. <input type=hidden name=\"select\" value=\"$tempselect\">). Thank you, I really appreciate your help. $temphost = $host; $tempselect = $select; if ($select == all) { echo "<font size=$fontsize-1>Choose host<br></font>

       <form action=\"build_form.php\" target=\"_top\" method=get>
       <input type=hidden name=\"select\" value=\"$tempselect\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"order\" value=\"$order\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"ordertwo\" value=\"$ordertwo\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"way\" value=\"$way\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"waytwo\" value=\"$waytwo\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"date\" value=\"$date\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"target\" value=\"$target\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"input\" value=\"$input\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"output\" value=\"$output\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"test\" value=\"$test\">
       <input type=hidden name=\"result\" value=\"$result\">
       <input type=\"text\" name=\"host\" value=\"$temphost\" size=17 maxlength=10></form>" ;

echo "</table>" ; } -- Dzung V. Nguyen email: dunguyen@iol.unh.edu Alpha Linux Group http://linux.iol.unh.edu/clp InterOperability Laboratory University of New Hampshire phone: (603) - 862 - 0401 Durham, NH 03824 fax : (603) - 862 - 4181